In the current midterm elections many, understandably, are weighing their concerns with immediate issues such as gas prices against their concerns for the future course of our democracy. The choice seems somewhat akin to choosing between those office seekers promising a better deck chair arrangement on the Titanic and those who hold better promise for […]

I am a regular reader of Jim Fossel’s column in the Maine Sunday Telegram. His piece in the Oct. 23 edition ran side-by-side with Katie Hill’s thoughtful guest column on the tragic and inexcusable lack of adequate addiction treatment programs in rural Maine (“Opioid epidemic’s undue burden on rural Maine requires our full attention”). Ms. […]

I want to thank the criminal division of the Maine Attorney General’s Office for a strong prosecution in the recent trial of Jessica Trefethen, who was found guilty of depraved indifference murder of her 3-year-old son, Maddox Williams. I attended the trial and watched Assistant Attorneys General Leane Zainea and John Risler conduct a thorough […]

Portland’s island communities need mainland neighbors to help defeat Question B, which would ban almost all weekly rentals in the city of Portland, including the islands. The islands are different. Short-term rentals are a century-old tradition. Many island homes don’t have winter water and cannot become year-round homes as the referendum authors envision. Portland’s islands […]

Mainers have important choices and decisions to make this November. Little progress was made addressing and resolving many issues, with little to show by this current administration and Legislature. It’s time to elect new representatives and senators, addressing and problem-solving issues. Let’s ask ourselves the following: • What have our current state representative and senator […]

Please join me in reelecting Democrat Sue Salisbury as state representative for Westbrook, District 128. For years, Sue has fought for our students and families on our school board and has fed our neighbors, spending countless hours gathering, making and distributing food. For the past two years, she’s carried those fights to Augusta. On food […]

This November, voters in Gray and New Gloucester have an opportunity to elect a truly exceptional legislator. That’s why I hope District 104 chooses independent Anne Gass. Anne has long been recognized as a dynamic and effective community leader. As a member of the School Administrative District 15 Board, she helped transform an underperforming system […]

Ninety-nine years ago, Portland had the foresight to establish and effect the framework for a citizens’ city – an urban marvel – to be managed by one educated, trained and experienced in day-to-day municipal management. He or she is guided by councilors – men and women with successful careers in the varied and diverse fields […]