Since all the political hoopla has subsided (for now), don’t you think it would be a good time to acknowledge and thank those who work around us and for us daily, year in and year out? I’m talking about the Parks and Recreations Department, whose workers maintain all of the South Portland properties, lawns and […]

I just returned from a walk in what was once Pine Grove Woods. We used to love walking our dog there. Whose brilliant idea was it to turn a beautiful natural landscape into something apocalyptic? We were told it would be an improvement, a clearing of dead wood. It looks like the aftermath of a […]

Concerning yesterday’s letter (“Who’s winning? Follow the numbers,” Nov. 17), let us compare apples to apples. The letter confused the cumulative interest rate with the compound interest rate. Using its numbers for starting and ending values, for a $1,000 investment to reach a value of $33,563 requires an interest rate of 7.13% compounded annually. Likewise […]

We are thankful that the reports of active school shooters across Maine were only a horrible hoax. We are grateful for the prompt and professional response from law enforcement, first medical responders, school administrators and teachers. We are strengthened by the love and support shared by students, parents, families and communities in the face of […]

William Vaughan Jr. recently wrote about his concerns regarding “Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All,” with statements that need to be challenged (“Letter to the editor: Could ‘Medicare for All’ open the floodgates?,” Nov. 9). I have visited a number of other countries where some sort of universal health care is in operation. None of those […]

Many thanks to Rep. Chellie Pingree for championing efforts to end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments and give a second chance to animals abused in government labs. The watchdog group I work for, White Coat Waste Project, has uncovered cruel and outdated taxpayer-funded experiments on thousands of dogs, cats and other animals each year. Historically, most […]