How is it that, 33 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act passes, the town of Kennebunk plans, reviews and oversees a new development like the Cottages at Coastal Pines that installs a barrier on a walkway to the Kennebunk Middle School that impedes certain students, faculty and residents? Although Coastal Pines promotes its proximity […]

In the Jan. 3 opinion piece, “Secretary Bellows begs to differ. Would that it were so simple,” attorney Gregory S. Fryer leans heavily on an 1869 opinion by Justice Samuel Chase to question the secretary of state’s disqualification of Donald Trump from Maine ballots. While his concern for how Bellows’ decision creates “calamitous uncertainties” and […]

Every year, the Press Herald shifts from reporting rainfall totals to snow, starting around the middle or end of November. Given the amount of rain that now occurs throughout our winter months, isn’t there a way that the newspaper can find the space to report both snow and rain totals throughout the winter? Clearly with […]

I’ll admit that I’m somewhat of a news junkie. I watch and read the news religiously. My question is: Why can’t the people who get elected answer a straightforward question? A simple “yes” or “no” in many instances will answer a question. They will either deflect or act like they were asked a different question […]

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when, as if on cue, the elected GOP/MAGA legislators announced an impeachment effort to take down Maine’s secretary of state. Why? Because she was doing her job as required by Maine statute. I have long believed one of the primary causes for the political tumult we’re experiencing as […]

The 14th Amendment reads: “no person … shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion … or given aid and or comfort to…” There’s no mention of being charged or tried. According to the dictionary, “engage” is defined as “morally committed to a particular aim or cause.” Donald Trump’s cause was disrupting the peaceful transfer of […]

In Sunday’s Jan. 7 print edition of the paper, on facing pages (A10 and A11), are two interesting headlines and stories: On Page A10, “He was so well-loved and he loved everyone,” the story of a young man, Ahmir Jolliff, who was killed at his school by a 17-year-old. We don’t know the 17-year-old’s motive, […]