Thanks to Kathleen Sullivan for her excellent June 18 column (“Commentary: Action is the antidote to despair over climate change”), a call to action that all of us can personally use to change the climate direction that our planet is careening toward. I particularly appreciated her mentioning the food we eat. You don’t have to […]

Thanks to the Press Herald editorial board for the editorial “Pay attention to the act of driving” (Our View, June 14). But your recommendations left out the important act of turning on your headlights at all times, even daylight, which is a studied and proven way of averting collisions on our roads. Google it and […]

In “Slow and steady negotiation best route for Maine tribes” on June 11, columnist Jim Fossel wrote about Wabanaki tribal nations’ efforts to have their sovereignty restored by our Maine Legislature; sovereignty was removed in 1980 by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act. Two bills, L.D. 2004 and L.D. 2007 (tabled until January), will […]

Why is it that a shooting that kills or injures multiple people causes so much uproar, but the deaths of dozens of unborn babies every day are considered good health care? Donald Schaeffer Bath

Quite a few years ago, this newspaper eliminated the gardening section in the Sunday newspaper. A very sad day for gardening enthusiasts. Gardening may have waned pre-pandemic; however, it made a huge turnaround during the pandemic, when people were housebound and looking for something to do. People turned to gardening. What better than growing your […]