One of the things that I most love about the state of Maine is its beautiful forests. I love to go hiking and cross-country skiing in these forests – the same forests that the Central Maine Power corridor would cut through. The loss of this pristine land would be devastating for me and many other […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: To prevent drowning, stimulus money better spent on life vest than on tattoos” (March 30): Tuesday’s letters to the editor included a response to a March 22 story that mentioned a young man who planned to use his stimulus money to buy a motorcycle and tattoos for the top of […]

I was not surprised by Sen. Ted Cruz’s response to calls for gun control legislation after the Colorado mass shootings, complaining that “every time there’s a shooting, … this (Judiciary) Committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders.” All I could think was, what law has […]

For whatever reason, we Mainers say “no” a lot. I urge my fellow Pine Tree State residents to say “yes” to green hydropower and the New England Clean Energy Connect. Hydropower is hardly some new, experimental concept. Maine has a great history with hydropower. In fact, we have the most hydropower of any state east […]

As a man named Eric, born in Norway (Maine) and a graduate of Oxford Hills High School, I must say that I am all in favor of the Viking funeral movement. I consider myself death-positive and have already planned the rest of my passing: bagpipes playing the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” theme, and a […]

At his recent news conference, President Biden made this sobering statement: “I predict to you, your children and grandchildren will be doing their thesis on who succeeded: autocracy or democracy. Because that’s what’s at stake.” Right now, we as Mainers have a real opportunity to weigh in on the side of democracy. The Washington, D.C. […]

The March 29 edition of the Press Herald had a front-page story headlined “Portland public art gets a fresh look through social justice lens.” The story has a serious omission. It mentioned that only two pieces of public art were done by women of color, one of whom was Ayumi Horie. She created “Portland Brick,” […]

It’s both appalling and entirely expected to hear that Long Creek Youth Development Center has become a de facto psychiatric hospital (“Advocates: Legislation should require closure of youth prison,” March 27, Page B1). Since the U.S. started closing state psychiatric hospitals in the 1960s, U.S. jails and prisons have taken their place nationwide. By 2018, […]