The referendum vote coming up in North Yarmouth should be rejected. Please vote “no” March 15, and here’s why: Most of the publicity, talk and yard signs are about sprawl, but sprawl is not actually on the ballot! The count of annual permits is on the ballot. Sprawl means “spreading out over a large area […]

On March 3, my sisters and I (six of us) were visiting Portland from Boston. After a great lunch at Commercial Street Pub, we were heading onto Exchange Street when my sister fell in the middle of the street. We were in shocked at how hard she fell, on her face. The outpouring of care […]

The debacle at the Regional School Unit 21 board meeting Feb. 28, when belligerent parents irrationally demanded that the board ignore scientific recommendations, is an example of what happens when a small group decides that their truth supersedes the truth of all others. Unwilling to observe the behavior that allows communities to work together for […]

Your editorial board could not be more right about solitary confinement (“Our View: Whatever you call it, solitary confinement should be banned,” March 4). Solitary confinement can be a vicious circle for the person in segregation. We know from medical research that even a few days in isolation can cause significant psychiatric and neurobiological damage, […]

I grew up in Maine and went to grade school in Kennebunk. I am currently studying sociology at the University of Southern Maine. I realize now that my education about the tribal nations has been severely lacking. I was taught so little about the true history of this state and the people whose land was […]

I agree 100 percent with Eileen Purdy’s letter about the irresponsibility of walkers and runners moving with their backs to traffic, often in dark clothing. What seemed like a basic thing we were taught as children obviously didn’t get through to a lot of folks. My friend Wendy credits AAA for her lifetime lesson: “Single […]

Since 1790, when the Supreme Court was to convene (delayed due to absent justices) we have nearly always limited our Supreme Court nominees to white, Anglo Saxon Protestant males. Biden is criticized because he has “limited” his search to African American women. While these criticisms have some merit, they seem discriminatory to me. Do we […]