Why should tourists coming to Portland this summer pay a hotel fee to witness what has happened to our once-beautiful city? With homeless camps and tents in every park, median and walking trail; with needles, fentanyl, weapons and feces every few feet. Should we be advertising how little we care for our unhoused, addicted and […]

An Act to Amend the Social Work Education Loan Repayment Program (L.D. 632) gives Maine an opportunity to start fulfilling its promises to its social workers. Maine’s social workers are the lowest paid in New England, with several competing states having the advantage of hefty student loan forgiveness programs. For each social worker that Maine […]

A recent Press Herald editorial (“Our View: A school with guns in it is not a safe school,” April 23) identified gun violence as a serious problem in our nation. While I agree with this statement, schools can be made safer if Maine teachers and staff are armed. Arming school staff can be an effective […]

I concur with a previous letter writer’s gratitude to the Press Herald for supporting the sharing of alternative points of view on the war in Ukraine (“Lucky we can disagree with government policy,” April 22). He proffers that our country has made “mistakes and blunders.” I observe the war in Iraq was not initiated by […]

Reporter Hannah LaClaire’s May 2 article, “As summer nears, most Maine tourism businesses are understaffed,” outlined the uphill battle Maine businesses face as the busy tourist season approaches with “70% of businesses understaffed.” Driving through any town in Maine, one is struck by the number of “Help Wanted” signs for many service and hospitality businesses. […]