In the July 24 Telegram, the Maine Department of Corrections identified possible locations for smaller, secure youth detention centers (“Maine DOC suggests potential sites for smaller youth detention centers,” Page B3). One of the locations was Mahoney Middle School, on Ocean Street in South Portland. As a retired South Portland School Department school nurse, and […]

I had a disturbing thought recently: What if a media outlet created a reality show based on today’s abortion rights culture war? Call it “Abortion Busters” or “Fetal Defenders” or “Gestation Vigilantes.” The show might follow individuals or groups of private citizens as they seek to defend the rights of unborn fetuses by keeping watch […]

On July 10, the Telegram published an article speaking to the rising costs for landfilling municipal sludge rather than spreading it on land (“Latest sticker shock from PFAS: Rising sewer rates,” Page A1). However, it inappropriately implies that bills passed this year to protect state-owned landfill capacity from toxic out-of-state waste and to protect our […]

State Sen. Mark W. Lawrence, chair of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, recently voiced his support for saving both the Shawmut Dam and salmon (Maine Voices, June 27). As a member of the $8.1 billion forest products industry, and an avid fly fisherman, I would like to thank him for wading into the waters […]

I congratulate Victoria Hugo-Vidal on her fine column in the July 24 Telegram. What a common-sense, workable solution to the problem of lack of opportunities for first-time ownership of a house for families. As a believer in capitalism – a system that I believe affords the best standard of living to the greatest amount of […]

Last year, nurses at Maine Medical Center voted for union representation by Maine State Nurses Association. Since then, the number of nurses who now oppose this representation has grown, and we have collected enough signatures to support a decertification election. The fractured relationships between nurses has reached a boiling point and the best way to […]

Noting the most recent lies being spread, without remorse, by the Republican Party, one wonders if all their followers take pride in their modus operandi. If a person had any ethical basis for affiliations, no one would belong to or support the Maine Republican Party. My grandson noted, during a discussion we had about current […]

Re: “Trump returns to Washington, repeating election lies” (July 27, Page A3): Welcome to Twilight Zone 2022: the story by Associated Press reporter Jill Colvin in Wednesday’s Press Herald about Donald Trump’s July 26 speech in Washington, D.C. Trump’s key talking points, repeating his lie that he won the 2020 election: • The election was […]