Regarding the proposal of yet another Turnpike connector: hasn’t enough good Maine land already been torn up forever to create more routes to the “Almighty Automobile” Turnpike? Why torment this poor farmer, who helps produce so much of the organic farm products for the Portland community! And to even talk about the disturbance to the […]

Like so many, I am shocked at what is happening. The suffering of Palestinian citizens since Oct. 7 is stunning in its death, destruction and brutality. I struggle with the critical question of what my responsibility is as a citizen of this country. What am I to do in solidarity with the dying, displaced, starving […]

Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection is deciding whether to adopt the Advanced Clean Car II standards, to match those of 13 other states. With over half of Maine’s greenhouse gases coming from our cars and trucks, we will fall short of our 2020 Climate Action Plan goals if these standards are not adopted. The Clean […]

Maine police departments are reportedly hundreds low on new recruits. In Gardiner, in particular, the town hall has decided to raise the new recruit salary, further burdening the already over-burdened property taxpayers. Gardiner is high on its tax percentage and low on its services. One wonders where all the money is going. The problem in […]

The three authors of the opinion piece, (“As we grapple with Gaza, Jewish institutions are letting us down,” Feb. 7), in their condemnation of Jewish organizations’ support of Israel, are sympathetic to the Gazans’ tragic circumstances. In the tragedy that is war, 80% to 90% of casualties are civilian and we grieve the loss of […]

I am an older Portland native who has never been a Democrat or a Republican, but I have always voted. As an independent voter, I vote for the best candidates. I have voted for Democrats, Republicans, and Independents in Maine and national elections all my life. I don’t know what happened to the Republican Party. […]

The news media has been covering the presidential primaries as if they were a normal horserace. But look: One of the horses is in a car driving roughshod over the course. He has crashed the guardrails. His car is headed for the grandstands, and he’s going to hurt a lot of people. Clearly, this horse […]

Special Counsel Robert K. Hur’s report is despicable. He was charged with determining whether President Biden and his staff members mishandled classified documents, and his investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing. That should have been an end to the matter, but Republican Hur chose to create an unflattering partisan document. Mr. Hur has no qualifications […]