Maine now allows abortions up the point of viability, that is, to the time that an unborn child is able to survive if born prematurely. This is about 24 weeks. Gov. Janet Mills promised, when campaigning, that she would not attempt to extend abortion rights beyond this. Yet she is supporting a bill that would […]

I don’t feel that we are really civilized here in the United States. There’s not enough low income and subsidized housing. Medical care and four-year college should be free to give people equal opportunity to have a good life, free of crushing bills. The same goes for drugs and insurances. All of the items above […]

I am a lifelong citizen of the beautiful and wonderfully great state of Maine, where living here has truly been “The Way Life Should Be.” That was at least up until I became a legal, voting adult, anyway. I recently learned that there is legislation being considered in the People’s House in Augusta, to support […]

While the rest of us are busy putting hair dryers to frozen pipes and trimming fat off our budgets to cover rising electric bills, Central Maine Power is busy, too. The company is hiring the best lawyers (and it can afford the best) to win one legal battle after another to build the New England Clean […]

With rising rent prices in the Portland area, more people are moving to Lewiston-Auburn for affordable housing. However, a typical commuter spends $3.50 on tolls, between $8 and $15 on gas, and anywhere from $5 to $25 just to park in the city. As we move toward a carbon-neutral future, there’s no easier place to […]

On Jan. 10, Amadi Omokore-Allen celebrated his first birthday. When he was born, he weighed one pound, five ounces, and was given a 10% chance of survival. After spending 155 days in a NICU, he went home. He was only slightly more than halfway through a typical gestation period of 40 weeks. Amandi now weighs […]

It has been a while since your paper highlighted the significance of social-emotional learning to students and educators in our community. In your article “Feelings matter,” published in December 2020, you spoke with me and other educators leading the movement to promote the impact that social skills and emotional intelligence has on our attention memory […]