We have seen what anger and passion without experience and an open mind can do to a system and government. We also know what governing without compassion and equity can do. If we are to create a new document that guides how the Portland City Council will govern, you need someone with passion and experience. […]

As a young person living in Portland, I love this city and struggle with how hard it is to live here. The cost of rent exceeds what most jobs are paying. I am glad rent control and the minimum-wage increase passed last fall, but these are small steps toward what is truly needed. That is […]

The Legislature must pass L.D. 718 and restore access to MaineCare for all immigrants. In 2016-17, I worked as a Marketplace/MaineCare Navigator and saw firsthand how access to affordable health care ensured that my clients didn’t have to choose between groceries or a life-saving prescription, rent or accessing mental health services. Immigrant families shouldn’t be […]

Voting for Cheryl Leeman for the District 4 Charter Commission seat is a wise decision. She is experienced, she does her research in detail, she listens to all the information and she has shown us that she is willing to find a way to move forward. On June 8, or as you fill out your […]

I have always felt that those in politics lived in another world. I am a half-Asian, half-Canadian child of immigrants. My life issues have often felt unimportant or left aside, my identity too nuanced to be encapsulated in age-old institutions. Simply put, I’ve rarely seen people like me working in positions of power. With Marpheen […]

SATURDAY Takeout corned beef supper with vegetables, 5 to 6:30 p.m. North Sebago United Methodist Church, 820 Sebago Road, Route 114, North Sebago. $12. Curbside/take-out baked bean supper, featuring two types of home baked beans, American chop suey, hot dogs, rolls, cole slaw, and a slice of homemade pie. 4:30 to 6 p.m. First Congregational […]

There is a bill – L.D. 1702 – that has been introduced in three forms in the Legislature this year. The bill includes the famous Land for Maine’s Future component, which unfortunately continues to drag along a kill mandate: the requirement that lands acquired with the bond funding must be open to trapping and hunting. […]

I live in Portland with my husband. We rent and work full time, but we’re steadily being priced out of the inflated rental and housing market. To stay in the city we call home, we need strong representation. That, among many reasons, is why I’m voting Marpheen Chann for one of four at-large Charter Commission […]