Like other Nordic skiers, I am saddened by Smiling Hill Farm’s decision to close its ski business, as well as by the ongoing struggle of Harris Farm and other family operations affected by diminished snow levels. And I am angry at the reason we are in this situation: our societal inability to heed a quarter-century’s […]

Don’t trust “Pope” Francis. He’s confused about abortion (“Pope doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message,” Jan. 1, 2025). In the article, the pope was cited as saying: “…to respect the dignity of human life from conception to natural death.” Catholic Church teaching allows no exceptions on the abortion issue. Because no matter […]

In her Jan. 5 Sunday Telegram column, “Bidding bye-bye to the birdie,” Maine Millennial columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal wrote, “I’m not particularly photogenic, but by George, I can write good enough.” Looks to me like Ms. Hugo-Vidal needed a “gooder” English teacher. Charles Todorich South Portland

A recent letter contrasting the hope of Hanukkah to the wars in the Middle East (“War casting a pall over Hanukkah,” Jan. 4) was filled with half-truths. In 1948, Israel accepted partition by the U.N.; the Palestinians and the Arab world did not and immediately attacked in the first of many wars. The 191 U.N. […]

As Jan. 20, 2025, nears, with some still feeling bitter and the nation’s flags flying at half-mast, I bemusedly recalled this old story attributed to one Dr. Thaddeus Pratt from Hancock County. While suturing a cut on the weathered paw of a 75-year-old Maine dairy farmer, whose hand was caught in a gate while bringing […]

Between the 13th and 15th of February 1945, bombers from the United States and Britain carpet-bombed the city of Dresden, Germany, killing over 25,000 people over those three days. The city was demolished. The attack was justified by the Allies hoping to bring the war to a close. It was later determined that Dresden had […]

I read, with great interest, the Jan. 5 article on solar power (“Solar power is cutting daytime electricity demand on New England’s grid“). Up and down the East Coast, we face the same needs to meet a rising demand for electricity, and are filling part of that need with solar, along with offshore wind. It […]