The Measure What Matters initiative by the Maine Department of Education represents a vital opportunity for all of us to come together and shape the future of our schools. It’s essential that business leaders, citizens, community members and the school community collaborate to share their vision for Maine schools. This collective effort is crucial not […]

Those of us living in the Greater Portland area are so fortunate to have quick access to the emergency department at the Maine Medical Center (MMC). I had to go there last week and can attest that the emergency department is truly an amazing technologically advanced, state- of-the-art facility. Even more remarkable are the wonderfully […]

The Aug. 8 article about Third Act Maine protesters at L.L. Bean’s corporate headquarters (“Protesters’ petition calls for L.L. Bean to divest from bank”) highlights the hidden role that banks play in our climate crisis. Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and TD Bank continue to finance new fossil fuel projects. The recent COP28 conference on […]

When one visits lovely Bermuda you can’t help but notice the white rooftops of all the houses. They are covered with a zinc-based compound that acts as an antimicrobial agent as rainwater is routed from the roof to the cisterns that nearly every Bermuda house has. It is the source of water for all household […]

In an Aug. 17 op-ed on climate change (“There are no positive effects of climate change – especially not in Maine), the writer says there is no upside to pouring millions of tons of carbon into our thin atmosphere, which is all that stands between humans and the black abyss of space. How to avert […]

People should go to their computer or to the Portland Stage box office and get tickets to the current production of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard and so loud, with tears pouring from my eyes, an experience that was so desperately needed in the current […]

After reading Jonah Davids’ Aug. 16 opinion piece, “Maine DOE should not be stirring fear of artificial intelligence,” I was stunned. My experience attending a similar session of the Department of Education (DOE)’s “Measure What Matters: What Makes a Great School in Maine” in Westbrook, on Aug. 13, was completely the opposite. Then I remembered […]