Christine Gerrish: Abortion expansion legislation should be defeated

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 […]

Editorial cartoon for Friday, March 10

Amy Partridge-Barber: Weighing NECEC vs. TDI-NE

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 […]

Hunter Kissam: All aboard the Maine train: It’s time to invest in rail

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 […]

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, March 9

Katherine Perron: ‘We need to protect all children’

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 […]

Ayesha Hall: Social emotional learning is significant to entire community

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 […]

Cal Thomas: Read his lips: more new taxes

Taxes need to be cut, not raised, to deprive the Washington beast of revenue it wastes. Spending should be substantially reduced, bureaucratic, dysfunctional and unnecessary government agencies eliminated, and as much misspent money recovered as possible.

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, March 8

Bob Hayes: Replace government games with respectful public engagement

Earlier, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque was characterized as producer/director of a poorly received theatrical play surrounding the city’s application of a form-based development code. Apparently, the play has been taken backstage. In the meantime, the mayor continues to reveal his interests in managing and participating in games. During his tenure, he has appeared to enjoy […]