When it comes to growing a strong Maine workforce, reaching kids at a young age in programs like quality pre-K is key. That’s why I was pleased to read that Maine added 280 new pre-K slots statewide this school year, with pre-K programs now offered in approximately three-quarters of Maine school districts. This is a […]

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of our nation’s most majestic places, home to nearly 200 species of migratory birds that migrate to six continents and all 50 states, including our area of Maine, and the Porcupine caribou herd. The refuge’s coastal plain is also critical onshore denning habitat for the world’s most imperiled […]

As a student at the University of Maine, I am committed to fighting for our planet and speaking out to promote solutions that I believe in to stop climate change. I want to thank Jared Golden for helping to pass HR 1146, which moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling. In […]

Be happy. There are better options than voting to re-elect Sen. Susan Collins next year. In 1996, Susan Collins promised that if she were elected, she would only run for just two terms. She also promised to work on legislation to repair the disconnect between Social Security and Maine’s state employee retirement program. I believe […]

Re: “Life and death share the same calendar,” by Victoria Hugo-Vidal (Sept. 8): I am a regular reader of Victoria’s columns and was especially moved by this one, about 9/11, her birthday the next day and her father’s death on her birthday two years ago. First is her capacity to acknowledge her parents’ wisdom to […]

Estimates for forest carbon sequestration cited in the Sept. 17 Portland Press Herald article by Staff Writer Tux Turkel highlight the dilemma of harvesting trees versus carbon storage for small woodlot owners. Maine forests sequester carbon, but how much is not well known. The demise of pulp and paper mills has resulted in a superabundance […]