I feel, on balance, Susan Collins has done a good job.  Voters should go back and look at her reasoning for approving Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. I don’t remember him voting against women. I may be mistaken, but the court simply sent the issue back to the state. Seniority is power in the Senate. […]

My mom was born in Lewiston, and I grew up there before moving away in my 20s. While my husband and I live in Maryland, we plan to retire to southern Maine in two years and hope to find a compound-type dwelling to share with our Iraq vet son and his family. We are choosing […]

I’m concerned about America’s “creeping socialism.” I should be free to fetch and carry my very own drinking water from the nearest mud puddle: I’m too good, too prominent, too important to be drinking the town water along with the rest of you louts. I should also be free to have my very own police […]

My heart broke for our community as I witnessed our county commissioners do nothing more than focus on zeroes. It is evident they do not see the writing between the lines, the lives at stake. The Sept. 2, 2020 meeting placed our economy in “grave concerns” and ended with a plea that begged for mercy […]

The Communities of Auburn, New Gloucester, Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls are fortunate indeed to have the judgment, accessibility, transparency and experience of Maine State Sen. Ned Claxton. He will be up for reelection in November and our vote for this extraordinary man will assure us of his continuing and constant awareness of the constituency […]

In today’s climate of unrest and stagnation, Laurel Munsell Libby will provide House District 64 with the representation and leadership that is sorely needed in our Maine Legislature. Laurel’s integrity, morality, and loyalty to the virtues that make a state and nation prosper are without limit. She has an in-depth knowledge of the needs of […]

I am writing as an educator to let people know about Ned Claxton’s record on education and to encourage voters to reelect Ned to the Maine State Senate. Many, many people admire Ned for his medical knowledge and advice, but do they know that Ned co-sponsored a bill to address student hunger? This bill keeps […]

I urge the reelection of Jared Golden to the U.S. House of Representatives. In his first two years in Congress, Jared has worked to ensure that all Mainers have strong, accessible health care. Now, when our health and safety are at risk from COVID-19, Jared has worked to defeat efforts to undermine that vital protection. […]

I most heartily applaud Mark LaFlamme for his column on the importance of truth in reporting from Sept. 16. The blatant pandering to one political party and the inequitable negative coverage of its competition is just another form of truth manipulation. We need more reporters who do not project their ideology into reporting. As Detective […]

These days the importance of restoring the environment seems to me to surpass all the other pressing crises: Without a functioning planet, all our other problems are moot. So when I learned that state Rep. Randy Hall (Chesterville, Wilton, New Vineyard, Strong, Industry, Temple) voted against virtually every environment-related bill in his first term of […]