4 years ago The postal service is effective and popular. Fund it. Since the middle of March, when the coronavirus shut down much of the state and country, there have been many days I don’t get farther away from my house than the mailbox at the end of my driveway.
4 years ago The right conditions for prosperity to flourish To the Editor; The efforts of the group who helped distribute taxpayer-funded food to 850 households should be applauded.
4 years ago Let’s support our schools To the Editor; We have recently been reading and hearing of the difficult and complicated work being done by our school administrators, faculty and custodians to make it possible to open our schools as safely as possible.
4 years ago More scrutiny for Joe Biden To the Editor; Is anyone besides me concerned that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, continues to avoid meaningful examination by the press or other media outlets? In less than 100 days, this man could be elected as not only our president, but also the leader of the free world.
4 years ago Time for men to grow up To Editor; I put on the news and they had a father who was talking about his 2-year-old son that was killed by gunfire and he said “I will never hear him say Daddy anymore and now I have to put my son in the ground.
4 years ago Cancer doesn’t stop, so neither can we To the Editor; Cancer doesn’t stop for a pandemic.
4 years ago Ranked-choice voting makes elections unnecessarily complex and confusing I’ve misplaced many things in my life.
4 years ago The role of laborers When Verna Murphy was born in 1910 her father listed his occupation as “laborer.
4 years ago Winter is coming, along with a likely resurgence of coronavirus, and we’re not prepared The Facebook post from a popular brewery and restaurant owner in Massachusetts went viral after describing the impossible trap currently faced by many businesses in the hospitality industry.
4 years ago This is still a good time to explore Maine Maine’s tourism industry could see a 40 percent drop in revenue this year, according to analysis by University of Maine researchers.
4 years ago Now is time for Maine senators to support cultured-meat research To the Editor; With coronavirus sweeping the globe, now is the time for U.
4 years ago Tech giants should not be arbiters of truth Monday, a group calling themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” staged a press conference outside the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.
4 years ago Good neighbors make good neighbors A lot of people have now read about the property dispute in Dover-Foxcroft that led to a man sawing his neighbor’s garage in half.
4 years ago Maine Republicans announce plan that would surrender to COVID-19 Republicans in the Maine Legislature didn’t offer up a plan to “save the tourism season” on Monday.
4 years ago Without better protection, our birds will keep disappearing In January, the Trump Administration weakened the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 by removing the act’s prohibition against the killing of birds by industrial activities.
4 years ago Modernize wildlife management To the Editor; As the pandemic forces global changes towards animals, Maine remains in the dark as the global pandemic rages.