When Janet Mills became governor of Maine, I wrote a letter dubbing her the “Mother of Maine” (Nov. 2, 2020), telling people to “listen to your mother!” But now that I’ve found out how pro-abortion Gov. Mills is, I have to take that title from her, for my mother (God rest her soul) was always […]

I retired from teaching in 2018 for medical reasons – a cancer diagnosis. My benefits package included joining the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, with health insurance. One of the givens of teaching is accepting lower pay than peers with equivalent degrees, but lower health insurance rates with excellent coverage to compensate – until this […]

Adding to the New England grid via New England Clean Energy Connect provides the network for future electric cars, heat pumps and renewable energies to function smoothly. As electric cars replace gas-powered cars; as heat pumps reduce the usage of gas, oil and wood furnaces, and as renewable energies like wind and solar replace coal […]

It’s encouraging that the Republican Party is helping Democrat and State Senate President Troy Jackson with his reelection campaign, as noted in Wednesday’s Press Herald (“Maine GOP plants fake signs in bid to tar Senate president,” July 20, Page A1). Maine has a history of defunding the police that goes back decades, as communities all […]

I do wish and hope that Portland is watching, or at least catching up on, the new information the House committee has presented about the insurrection. Yes, that is what it was on Jan. 6: an insurrection and an attempt at a coup. What I hope people see is how coordinated the effort was and […]

Please say these names and remember them: Cooper Roberts, age 8, and Aiden McCarthy, age 2. These two children were some of the victims at the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4. Aiden was pried from beneath his dead parents’ bodies, covered in their blood. He will never really know them, […]

I think the daily COVID hospitalization numbers that the newspaper runs are lacking detail. Such as: If the count is 120, how long have they been there? How many have been recently admitted? How many were admitted because of COVID or just tested positive and are there for other medical reasons? What is the average […]