The Oct. 30 South Portland Comprehensive Planning Committee (CPC) meeting led with public comment. An unprecedented 80 people showed up. Although the CPC has a tough job, it could do better by including the public. It was alarming when the chair announced public comment would be shut down after a brief time. People were told […]

Lately, it seems everything political is designed to divide us. One notable exception was when the Portland City Council unanimously passed a divestment resolution, severing its financial ties to companies complicit in Israel’s war crimes. As a Palestinian-American, it felt like our community stood together that night in council chambers to oppose killing innocent civilians. […]

I am writing as a concerned resident of South Portland regarding the comprehensive plan discussions, particularly related to hazardous waste, noise pollution and flooding risks. Firstly, the claim that “anything can be remediated” regarding hazardous materials like benzene, arsenic and lead is misleading. While these substances may not be detectable by our senses, their long-term […]

I would like to thank the quarry owners for their letter of Oct. 8, offering two options to the town regarding the expansion of Brickyard Quarry. Citizens of Gorham have been sharing health and safety concerns with town and state officials over the last year. People have documented dust, odors, property damage, excessive noise and […]

Say it isn’t so! The day is Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, and we are involved in one of the most exciting World Series in history. There was a game yesterday and there’s one tomorrow, but there was no coverage whatsoever about the World Series in the Sunday Telegram. What gives? I do know that American […]

Why do signs obstruct sidewalks on every block in downtown Portland?

The Rev. Tara Humphries wrote a nonsensical and inherently contradictory letter on Oct. 15 (“We must fight the religious right“), opposing the currently popular bogeymen “white Christian nationalism and evangelical ideology,” while falsely claiming that she and other “progressive people of faith” actually “keep our faith to ourselves.” At Humphries’ church, they write letters to […]