As a Yarmouth resident deeply interested in how our community prepares for a vibrant and healthy future, I will be voting to reelect Heather Abbott for Yarmouth Town Council. Heather is a proven leader with a clear vision for moving us forward. Heather actively creates space for all voices to be heard. Her push to […]

When I was little, my dad used to play tennis with me. He would say, “Keep your eye on the ball.” I was easily distracted and often hit it into the net. It strikes me that we Americans have trouble keeping our eye on the ball when it comes to presidential elections and the issues […]

I was appalled to see U.S. Congress members in the New York City courtroom last week. By their presence, they were defending a man accused of election interference by writing off as a business expense his payments to a porn actress for a sexual encounter he had while his wife was home with their baby! […]

Andrew Brown of Bath makes the argument that if more taxes were collected from higher earners on Social Security, the program would remain solvent (“Making the wealthy pay payroll tax will solve Social Security deficit,” May 10). I am reminded of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Heinz dilemma, which asks, as a way to determine the level of […]

I’m a tourist, visiting from Cape Cod. On an early morning walk, I happened upon the fishermen’s Net Yard down on Portland’s waterfront. I’d worked in the fishing industry 40 years ago. So I take a natural interest. The Net Yard was a mess. A tragic example of what happens when a special interest group […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson stood on the steps of the Capitol recently and said, “We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it is not something that is easily provable.” Do we think he is trying to sow a little doubt on the outcome of the next presidential […]

The recent meeting for MSAD 51’s proposed $3 million artificial turf field misled the public. One of the doctors tasked with discussing the safety of turf fields stated that there really is no difference between injury rates on turf fields versus natural grass. The first sentence of the conclusion in the article he referenced is, […]