It is now the custom for Maine real estate brokers to customize template purchase and sale agreements to include, among many changes, leaseback provisions. Attorney involvement in these transactions is as rare as a unicorn sighting. Where else in our society can unlicensed laymen provide legal counsel regarding the transfer of million-dollar assets? Why do […]

The Food and Drug Administration’s rush to approve new medications (“Another View: Long-term studies of approved medicines needed,” March 27) is only one important issue that should be addressed concerning Washington’s drug regulatory agency. The FDA is part of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, and yet its decisions are not always so […]

There has been universal U.S. support for Ukraine and its besieged citizens. Sanctions and other efforts to remove the benefits to Russia of commerce with America have been stringently extended. It is a great disappointment to see that one of Maine’s premier tech companies, Idexx, still has not ceased its Russian operations. Potentially, the war […]

The American people, including Mainers, experienced a difficult, tumultuous two years. We have inherent unalienable rights, including the right to work and earn a living. However, people’s rights were trampled upon and usurped by the Mills administration. This is unacceptable. Many issues were experienced by those losing their jobs, becoming unemployed or underemployed, and experiencing […]

“Our View: To Idaho with love – and potatoes” (March 25) struck a personal note for me, having moved from Idaho to Maine last September. We moved to Idaho in 2000, when the seasons were almost too good to be true. By 2019, things were different. I checked my air quality app every day before […]

I was pleased to see letter writer Ken MacLean’s positive experience with his visit to the new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Portland (“Veteran grateful for new VA clinic,” March 19, Page A6). It is indeed an impressive structure, and this country’s military veterans deserve the very best of care. However, I couldn’t let Mr. […]

You recently ran a political cartoon by syndicated artist Rivers (March 6, Page D3) that tried to mock the claim that Donald Trump was the “Worst Putin Puppet Ever” by asking: “Which helped destroy the Russian advance most: Blankets supplied by (Barack) Obama/(Joe) Biden? Or Javelin missiles supplied by Trump?” Let’s set the record straight. […]

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is sounding the alarm bell, and it would serve our state’s hospitality and tourism industries to listen, and act, now, before it’s too late. Under a court mandate, the lobster fishery is being forced to comply with strict new regulations intended to protect the endangered right whale. Certainly, a worthy goal […]

For anyone reading Maine newspapers, it’s getting more difficult to deny climate change, its impacts and the related energy dilemma it presents. In March, articles on these climate-related issues appeared in the Press Herald and other Maine papers: the impact of significant temperature swings on Maine’s roads; the impact of energy usage on climate; soaring […]