So much news on abortion access and never a word on preventing unwanted pregnancies. Why is this so? Shouldn’t our educators and people who write the news publicize the significance of attacking this problem “upstream”? Didn’t we all learn, at a young age, the expression: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?” […]

I appreciate Lou Kimball’s desire for peace (“Letter to the editor: The U.S. does not want negotiated peace,” April 18), but there has to be some sort of line between loving peace and being an unwitting tool of a dictator. Russia openly invaded the sovereign state of Georgia in 2008. Russia sent thousands of troops […]

With potholes throughout Portland, an unsightly light pole on the ground (for years) near the railroad tracks on Congress Street, and no attempts to beautify exteriors of most businesses with urns of spring flowers, it seems unjustified that the beautiful doors at the new restaurant, Papi, were going to have to be removed (“Portland will […]

The Valentine bandit’s perfectly reliable annual display, and the shroud of mystery surrounding his identity for my 38 years in Portland, has been one of my favorite things about this wonderful place – something I loved to tell people about because it is unique, sweet and just fun. From the photos I’ve seen of Kevin […]

The news is so somber and serious these days that the chance to see and hear good, hilarious comedy is a unique event. The musical “How Rude” at the intimate Footlights Theatre in Falmouth provides that wonderful opportunity. Light, a bit ribald but not “modern crude,” the production moves at a brisk, smooth pace, all […]

It is staggering to me that America is the only country in the world that not only allows its people to shoot and kill its children but it also allows its state and federal governments to stand by and refuse to do anything serious about it. Murder in plain sight and with war-efficient assault rifles, […]

Most weekdays I drive my children to and from preschool on the stretch of I-295 that runs south from Freeport to Cumberland/Yarmouth Exit 15; this is the same stretch of interstate where at least three individuals were seriously injured this week when their vehicles were randomly shot at as they drove. Guns being used in […]

Thank you for your recent editorial on gun control (“Our View: When getting firearms is easy, nowhere is safe,” April 19). I am a licensed clinical professional counselor practicing in Yarmouth. I recently received communication from my office landlord that our building was being locked down. He urged tenants to turn off the lights, close […]