I read about the Biden-Harris Administration Trucking Action Plan and it shows me, once again, how out of touch they are with Main Street USA. First, they have failed to acknowledge that a national test for marijuana must be done now. Second, we have trained many drivers for their commercial driver’s license. President Biden and […]

I drive Interstate 95 from Kennebunk to Bangor often and see more state trooper vehicles from Augusta north (where there is no traffic) than I do from the construction zone in South Portland south to Biddeford (where there is far more traffic). In the past year, I’ve been noticing more and more crazy driving, the […]

I would like to comment on Jerome A. Collins’ Maine Voices commentary on land trusts in the Dec. 21 paper. Mr. Collins speaks only of the tax revenue lost to his community when land is placed into trust. He neglected to highlight that once the land is in trust, it becomes a public asset. I […]

As a co-founder and former board member of Great Works Regional Land Trust and owner of four properties protected by conservation easements, I can speak with some authority that the recently published Maine Voices (Dec. 21) by Jerome A. Collins of Kennebunkport is riddled with errors and misconceptions about land trusts. First, Great Works Regional […]

E.O. Wilson, the great Harvard biologist and ant savant who passed away Dec. 26, made an observation that seems truer by the day: Said Wilson, “Little things rule the world.” Phil Hoose Portland

It is time for a statewide mandate that requires all school-age children to be vaccinated. My grandson, a Falmouth High School sophomore who is fully vaccinated, has just tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID because he is forced to take classes with the unvaccinated – those whose parents are ignorant and refuse to […]

In his opinion piece (Maine Voices, Dec. 21), Jerome A. Collins started what should be a rational discussion about how moving taxable property into land trust ownership affects local property taxes. The questions he raised should be addressed head on, rather than attacking him. Having property for outdoor recreation is beneficial to communities. Over time, […]