Kudos to Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins for leading the effort to reinstate limits on methane emissions! These regulations were repealed in the previous administration, and our Maine senators deserve high praise for correcting this dangerous misstep (particularly Sen. Collins, who bravely provided the only Republican vote). Having the distinction as the only state […]

A commentary about electric-car drivers, written by Peter Murray and published April 23, caught my attention. Murray is of the opinion that elected officials both state and federal have proclaimed their support of electric vehicle charging stations nationwide. I understand his concern: He has an electric car and he can’t go from point A to […]

The recent articles on the Maine State Police by the Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News are quite alarming. I am a strong supporter of police officers, but it is clear that a change has to happen at the top of the MSP. I feel for the many Maine troopers who are doing an […]

Both your series on the Maine State Police sharing of records and Bill Nemitz’s column on April 22 (“Feeling, more than ever, the weight of a police badge,” Page B1) are illustrative. The responsibility that comes with the badge is part of the power that one who wears it wields. Transparency is the currency of […]

As a high school teacher, I encourage my elected officials to pass L.D. 452, which would require certain schools in Maine to provide menstrual products to students. Studies, along with common sense, continue to demonstrate that students cannot learn when they do not have their basic needs met. We often think of basic needs as […]

Let’s call it what it is: a “gundemic.” And, let’s treat it with the same urgency and resources we have devoted to the pandemic. Amy MacDonald Falmouth

As a physician and a counselor, I greatly appreciated Greg Kesich’s April 11 column, “When a Disease becomes a Crime,” referring to substance use disorder. The medical and mental health communities have recognized addictions as illnesses for many years, but public opinion has been slow to accept this view. Treatment and prevention have been hampered […]

I am writing in response to Dave Kamilla’s letter of April 19 (“Sen King should show his independence”). In that letter, he charges Sen. Angus King to use “civility, respect and good old Maine common sense to solve problems.” I have every faith that Sen. King can carry this out as asked by Mr. Kamilla. […]