As a longtime Sister of Mercy, I have had the experience of knowing Mercy educators, health care professionals and women leaders as advocates. Since the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Bangor in 1865, we have been steadfast in upholding our mission to lift the disadvantaged, especially children, in Maine’s cities and towns, as well as […]

Scrap the plan to put a highway through Smiling Hill Farm. Aren’t people aware that Maine is bemoaning the fact that farms are giving way to large developments lickety-split? It is sad. As early as 1728, Nathaniel Knight built Harrow House, and his progeny have been protecting the property ever since. Knight was a person […]

It is unclear to what “silence” the writer was referring in a recent letter to the editor (“Where is Susan Collins’ backbone?” April 15) If the letter writer had read the Portland Press Herald on March 29, he would have seen a story headlined “Sen. Collins won’t vote For Trump,” in which Sen. Susan Collins […]

The April 9 Press Herald ran a story about the crisis level vacancies in our K-12 system. Knowing full well the extent of the teacher shortage, Pretendocrats on the Appropriations Committee recommended a tax increase (aimed directly and solely) at Maine’s retired educators. What do Maine’s Pretendocrats want to do with the extra taxes squeezed […]

I just read Paul Krugman’s Feb. 26 New York Times opinion piece, “The Mystery of White Rural Rage.” I know, that makes me an “effete intellectual snob,” to quote Spiro Agnew. The gist of Krugman’s column is that rural America has big challenges but turning to “hucksters” like Donald Trump will not help them. Trump […]

Please put the abortion rights amendment on the ballot and let the majority of Maine decide. The First Amendment to the Constitution includes not only freedom of speech but freedom to practice different religions, including those with secular convictions. The “establishment clause” and the “free exercise clause” specifically prohibit the government from creating an official […]

Winters are changing. Early March saw local ponds here in Freeport free of ice more than a month before normal. February saw nearly no snowfall. January saw epic wind and rain storms, not snowstorms. What can an individual do to combat climate change? My choice is to raise awareness about the money that is still […]