This gang can’t count straight. In a front-page story Jan. 27, Press Herald Staff Writer Eric Russell reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Lyme disease case counts are likely 10 times greater than advised previously! This is the same CDC that issues annual nationwide flu death counts that keep changing as […]

I live in York County, where there are 200,000 people age 75 and over. The only call centers are in Kittery and Sanford. Why couldn’t Maine prepare earlier? Where is the vaccine? We don’t need the money if we are dead! Marcia Deal Kittery

Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jared Golden worked hard to ensure that $200 million was included in the COVID-19 emergency relief package to support Maine loggers, who have been hit hard by the economic downturn associated with the pandemic. This funding is meant to help the industry “get through this difficult period,” Sen. Collins said […]

I agree with the Republicans who say that holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump will not unify the country! However, the fact that he absolutely did incite an insurrection to overthrow the government and refused to follow the lead of every president before him with a peaceful transfer of power begs for […]

While the nursing staff of Maine Medical Center struggle to provide the best service they can with limited resources, the hospital administration is spending tens of thousands of dollars on anti-union consultants to thwart their cause. These essential workers have earned their place at the table and deserve to be heard by the hospital administration. […]

While waiting on a long list in Florida to be vaccinated against COVID-19, this 96-year-old geezer read in the Press Herald that the ACLU of Maine was advocating that corrections officers and inmates of state prisons be prioritized to receive the vaccine “regardless of where they live.” That got me calculating. Why not fly back […]

I applaud the Portland Press Herald editorial board for editorializing in favor of the New England Clean Energy Connect corridor, which will bring 1,200 megawatts of clean energy to Maine and the New England power grid. Since that Feb. 24, 2019, editorial, three Maine and two federal regulatory agencies have exhaustively considered the proposal and […]

A teacher friend of mine relayed a story where a student was held home from school on the presidential inauguration day because the class would be observing the ceremony, as they do for every inauguration. The reason for keeping the student home was based on the parent’s personal dissatisfaction with the outcome of the election. […]