In February, my wife and I finally achieved our long-planned move to Maine. We had a small home built for us (750 square feet) that was highly efficient, and intended to minimize our carbon footprint. No burning of fossil fuels, no woodstove, all electric for us. The first week we moved in, we lost power […]

I didn’t read “Mark Trail” for many years, but have been following it for the past decade. I am very open to a new artist doing the strip, with new story lines, fresh art and fewer exclamation points in the dialogue! Having lived in North and Central Florida for 25 years (as a Mainer in […]

Congratulations on your recent editorial on climate change (“Our View: Climate report sets right goals for Maine,” Dec. 6). We are, indeed, already seeing impacts to our Gulf of Maine fisheries, to our 17 million acres of woodlands, to our 22,000 miles of brook trout streams and to all the rest of our precious Maine […]

We have four teachers in my immediate family, and one has just tested positive for COVID-19. Our son, teaching in Sweden, called this morning to verify that he tested positive in a country that has taken the “herd immunity” approach to utter failure with one of the highest per capita death rates in the world. […]

For more than a month now, No CMP Corridor and our grassroots volunteers have been hard at work, collecting petition signatures in communities all across the state to finally give the people of Maine the right to vote on Central Maine Power’s unpopular New England Clean Energy Connect corridor project. We’ve been collecting signatures primarily […]

What have you done with the creator of “Mark Trail”? The current version has no relationship to the original. So I wonder how it can be using the name. It’s certainly not an improvement. Carole Ranco Westbrook

The United States needs to seek diplomatic action in response to the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, to de-escalate the tension between the U.S. and Iran. Some steps to take include re-entering the Iran nuclear deal with support from Maine’s congressional delegation: Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Reps. Chellie Pingree […]

A commentary writer (Bill Nemitz, Dec. 3) has called all Republicans “insufferable,” right up there with “deplorable.” A couple of months back, a local commentary writer for another paper called all Republicans “greedy, selfish and racists.” I would never believe this about all Republicans, just as I would never believe all Democrats are hypocritical, deceptive […]