With respect to all of you who are probably doing double duty, I am compelled to shine a light on live theater. In particular, Opera Maine’s courageous production of a one act, two character opera titled “As One.” I feel badly that you missed reviewing this Maine premiere – a contemporary piece of unusual theater […]

It’s back. Actually, it never really left, it just mutated. Large numbers of the American public, it seems, are content pulling defeat out of the jaws of victory with regard to the coronavirus. When asked why they won’t get vaccinated, their responses vary from the sublime – medical health issues – to the ridiculous – […]

We find the Sunday Telegram to be a solid example of why local news matters in this complex world of ours. This Sunday’s reporting by Kelley Bouchard on the shifting political winds in South Portland, which made adroit use of statistical data, is a prime example of your journalistic professionalism. On the negative side, however, […]

Although tax evaluations are overdue, this delay is due solely to the lethargy of the city government. The impact on the citizens of Portland is dramatic! Munjoy Hill is ground zero for paying increasing city budgets. May the reverberations and repercussions of the explosion be witnessed by all municipalities desiring to go in a similar […]

In response to Russ Swift’s letter to the editor opposing the DRIVE Safe Act in Congress, he is right about one thing: Any loss of life in any vehicle crash is tragic and stakeholders, especially the trucking industry, need to be serious about highway safety. Which is what we are doing by supporting the provision […]

The transition to virtual learning and back to in-class instruction has been a tricky one to navigate for educators in Maine and throughout the country. I applaud them for the wonderful work done during these most challenging times. One thing that is making things more manageable is the new statewide pooled testing program for COVID-19. […]

As a life-long denizen of the Kennebec watershed and a professional fishing guide, I agree with just one thing in Sen. Brad Farrin’s July 12 Maine Voices column (“Dam Removal Would Hurt Maine Economy”). “We must strike a reasonable balance between human activity and its impact on the natural world.” Yes, dam removal will mean […]

David Chipman, who has 25 years experience at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives , was recently nominated to lead the bureau, which has been without a permanent director since 2015. With gun violence steadily ticking up in major cities since then, there’s no one better to lead ATF right now. As […]