In your editorial on vaccination for COVID-19 (“Our View: First vaccine doses should go where COVID-19 risk is greatest,” Dec. 3), you appear to support the plan in which the state spells out the order of the four groups that should get vaccinated. First are frontline health care workers, and older adults or those with […]

For the last 18 years, Gallup surveys has found that the American public holds nurses in the highest regard. Yes, we have declared nurses as the most honest and ethical profession. And with good cause. Nurses – and the myriad other health care professionals – choose to care for us when we are sick; come […]

I’m not surprised that the teenagers affected by rules about risky sports are frustrated that they cannot play, but I’m shocked and disturbed to read that their adult leaders are preaching a message of feeling unpleasantly surprised (“Club sports organizers feel blindsided by having to halt games,” Dec. 6). This should be a teaching moment […]

The city of Portland has made changes in the recycling pickup schedule for the current fiscal year. The city will no longer pick up recycling on holidays (only trash will be collected), and it is doing this to save money. They hope this will no longer be needed after June 30, 2021. I understand the […]

One of Portland’s recently passed referenda, hazard pay (which sets the minimum wage at $18 an hour during declared emergencies), has been creating a stir among Portland business owners. It is unclear when this ordinance will go into effect; one of the primary obstacles preventing its implementation is that multiple Portland business owners say it […]

The pandemic notwithstanding, did we all of a sudden wake up in an alternate universe, or is Mark Trail having a bad dream? The current story line makes this venerable comic strip look amateurish and has pushed the characters into roles totally opposite of their original makeup. One can only hope that this is a […]

To all those voters who think that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, I would offer this information: The difference between Joe Biden’s and Donald Trump’s total popular vote is approximately 6,870,000. In other words, the difference is as if all the eligible voters in the 10 smallest states or federal districts by population (Wyoming, […]

Thank you, kind stranger, for treating me to my Dunkin’ Donuts order on Thanksgiving morning at the Main Street South Portland store drive-through. When I pulled up to collect my two coffees and a doughnut, the server said the man in the car ahead had paid for me. I couldn’t even thank him, as he […]