Walter Perry is an upstanding South Paris resident who cares deeply for the well being of our community. As a teacher he is well aware of many of the issues we face, and he has a lot of experience working with many people toward positive outcomes. Walter has practice with listening for understanding and skills […]

A year plus into this pandemic, with over 570,000 Americans dead because of it, I’m still astonished that some Republicans in the Maine Legislature are crying “poor me” about the small loss of their civil liberties — i.e., mask requirements — rather than joining the fight for the greater good against the pandemic. Have they […]

Maine’s leaders have never suggested arresting and criminally charging people who test positive for COVID-19 and locking them up in jail. Why is this? Could it be that no physicians, epidemiologists, or public health experts have recommended criminalizing COVID-19 as a way to address the pandemic? Can one imagine Maine’s Department of Public Safety saying […]

I’m writing in response to Robert Reed’s letter (“Reject Lewiston school budget, overspending,” May 7). As a former city councilor, he knows the kind of overspending going on in all of the city departments. Overspending has been an ignored subject for years. Public Works does not need over $1 million worth of vehicles and equipment […]

More than 230,000 Maine workers have no access to a retirement savings program through their employer, and working households in Maine average only $3,000 in retirement savings, according to information compiled by Maine’s Senate Majority Leader Eloise Vitelli. One in three Mainers age 65 and older rely on Social Security as their only source of […]