As the Legislature considers L.D. 1911, much has been written recently about PFAS in sludge, or biosolids, used as a fertilizer. As an engineer who spent his career on water infrastructure, a former superintendent of wastewater for the Portland Water District and the owner of a home in Unity whose well water was contaminated by […]

A ferry ride aboard Casco Bay Lines represents different things to different people. For some, it’s a work commute or a trip into town. For others, it’s an anticipated summer voyage or a childhood memory. As this month marks the 40th anniversary of the Casco Bay Island Transit District, it’s worth emphasizing that Casco Bay […]

Gov. Mills is standing up for the middle class and businesses when she uses the budget surplus to provide $850 checks to about 800,000 Mainers. The effect on Maine’s economy will be much more than that original $680 million boost, calculated using an economic multiplier effect model. Gov. Mills sends that $680 million into the […]

In regards to the March 23 front-page article in which the Portland Charter Commission is recommending more city councilors: Portland already has a city manager, two assistant city managers and a mayor. One thing we do not need is more city councilors. No wonder our taxes are through the roof. Ed Reagan Portland

While the manner in which several of the Republican senators behaved during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination was measured and appropriate, the behaviors displayed by Sens. Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn were anything but. Aside from being disgraceful and, at times, […]

There’s so much incorrect information in Gina Garey’s March 29 letter criticizing animal testing, it’s hard to know where to begin. First, “adverse reactions to drugs” are not the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Accidents, including car accidents, are. Adverse drug reactions are not even in the top 10! The claim […]

We reap what we sow. The country of Ukraine sows seeds of wheat to feed most of the world. There won’t be any seeds sown this year. The Russian dictator is sowing seeds of injustice and tyranny, destroying a country where a democracy is the will of the people. Let us hope freedom emerges from […]

I would like to chime in on the problem with dogs at the beach. I have had bad encounters involving dogs jumping on me at both Willard and Higgins beaches. Last summer, a dog came up and licked my face at Higgins while I was lying on my towel. Yesterday at Higgins, a dog went […]