As homeowners, we’ve felt the gut-wrenching shockwaves of hefty real estate tax hikes over the last decade, but as retired educators, we’ve understood why. Our towns and school districts have struggled to cover education costs because the state of Maine has not been paying its required 55 percent share of local education expenses. Voters passed […]

I am 86 years old. My generation helped enact Roe v. Wade. It is up to this next generation to save it. And this can only be done by voting for Democratic legislators across the United States. We must step out of our comfort zones and reach out to friends, relatives and colleagues across our […]

Maine has a magnificent coastline. Unlike the equally beautiful coasts of Oregon and California, however, public access to much of it is blocked by private ownership. Why is the state considering further reducing what is available for us to enjoy? To develop state-owned acreage on pristine Sears Island as an industrial cargo port to manufacture […]

I thank the Press Herald editorial board for its wise and just editorial of Sept. 18, reflecting on the frustration and distrust engendered by Sen. Angus King’s and Gov. Mills’ failure to support the restoration of rights to our four tribal nations. The reflection by Elizabeth Dana, chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s reservation at Pleasant […]

Roger Bowen’s Sept. 17 Maine Voices column suggesting accepting the “peaceful devolution of (culturally divided) America into several nations” produced this comment from RationalRuminator of the pseudonymous online commentariat: “The writer of this piece, I assume, is a young liberal who has been taught that … America isn’t worth preserving.” Actually, Bowen is an old […]

In 1650, my eighth great-grandfather was forcibly shipped to New England. To the British government, he was an undesirable. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ shipping exhausted and traumatized migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is a tactic as old as the ages. DeSantis’ intention is clear: Punish wealthy Northerners for their liberal views on immigration. But his ploy is […]

Randy Billings’ excellent Sept. 18 Telegram story suggests what some of us have thought for some time: that Paul LePage tried to use Maine as a path to a national stage. He asked then-President Donald Trump to name him “national point person for welfare reform,” citing his “significant record of achievement” in his two terms […]

I’m sure the folks who have the power to fight the battle for our lobstermen understand that Seafood Watch is run by the Monterey Aquarium, which is funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (which purports to support children, families and a sustainable environment), all of which are based in California, a state of […]