Almost daily we read numbers of COVID cases and numbers on the year and so on. The public and the readers of various newspapers are not being educated. The numbers are never explained to help the public get a grasp of what these COVID case numbers actually mean and any associated information. We are never […]

I have been paying taxes in Phippsburg for 25-plus years and my family for another 80 years before that. Two (of three) selectmen stand against a mask mandate because they think it undermines citizen liberty. Has common sense completely fled the building? Let’s get rid of seat belt requirements, too. How about underage driving? Or […]

Phippsburg Selectman Chris Mixon opposes the enforcement of mask mandates and finds the issue not to be one of public safety, but “freedom.” His notion that the enforcement of requirements, or laws, is a matter of using “my rights to take rights away from people” is curious, as it suggests that Mixon believes laws are […]

Your editorial in the Dec. 6 Sunday Telegram, “Climate report sets right goals for Maine,” suggests that the adoption of the Climate Council’s strategies and “reasonable planning” can help us ward off catastrophic climate impacts. I wish it were so. While these strategies are commendable and groundbreaking, it must be understood that the State’s long […]

In view of the primacy of electric vehicles in the Maine Climate Action Plan, I wanted to follow up on Dan Lyons’ point that the transition is not painful. I got a Tesla Y in July. I initially kept my gas car as I wasn’t quite sure how the e-car would work, or whether I […]

The Maine Sunday Telegram’s Dec. 6 edition promised “Light shines on mysterious past.” The front-page story detailed genealogical sleuthing into the parentage of a Depression-era infant dubbed “Billy Sunshine” back in 1937. It’s the kind of a “finding your roots” story that’s become a cottage industry these days as people are encouraged to dote on […]