On Aug. 30, I went to a movie at the Portland Museum of Art in the afternoon, which I prefer to trying to park in Portland at night. I parked in a metered lot for two hours. The movie was long and I left to find a parking violation of 12 minutes and a $20 […]

I visited the State House recently and had to run a gantlet of officers and bag searches to get in. I wouldn’t normally question such safety precautions, but in this case I strongly object. How dare our lawmakers allow protection of themselves but not of ordinary citizens? I read in the Portland Press Herald, in […]

Portland’s diverse neighborhood schools and our quality of life are why many choose to start and raise their families here. And as the only candidate who grew up in Portland and went to Portland schools, Spencer Thibodeau will be a strong advocate for our schools as mayor. Spencer’s first meeting after being elected to the […]

As a resident and leader of a Portland-based business, I am proud to support Spencer Thibodeau for mayor. The greatest challenge for Maine employers is workforce development. As city councilor, Spencer worked with colleagues to create the Office of Economic Opportunity, connecting immigrants with local businesses and convening community organizations and new Mainers for job […]

In her Aug. 30 letter, Melanie Stevens presents mayoral candidate Spencer Thibodeau as a champion of affordable housing on the Portland City Council, but the facts argue otherwise. Councilor Thibodeau’s donors include “several prominent real estate developers and companies” (“Portland mayoral candidates reveal donors, expenses,” July 17), and the Press Herald story provides a list […]

Out of 130 Maine cities and towns that added fluoride to their public water supplies, the seven towns in the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Water District are the only towns that reconsidered the referendum, “Should fluoride be added to the public water for the intended purpose of preventing tooth decay?” The referendum was voted down […]

The United States continues to take children away from their families. We then transport many of them great distances, to detention centers. We have been told that some are offered up for adoption in our country and abroad. Congressional members have struggled to gain access to the facilities and the information on the children’s whereabouts. […]