All our lives, the Republican Party has bragged about being “the pro-business party.” And while Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush were president, that was true. But is it true now? As recently reported by the Maine Sunday Telegram, small businesses in Maine are being suffocated by the surging costs of health care insurance. Mainers […]

Mainers who visited the beaches this summer might have noticed a slimy, foul-smelling red algae on shore. This is Dasysiphonia japonica, an invasive algae species that first appeared here in 2007 and has rapidly spread throughout the Gulf of Maine. While native kelp has been declining in the fast-warming waters, D. japonica thrives. This shift […]

While most of us were asleep, Stephen stood outside what used to be his house, watchingfirefighters battle the flames that consumed everything he had. As a Red Cross volunteer, I wasthere offering comfort and support as Stephen tried to make sense of a night that changedeverything. I’ll never forget the image of him clutching a […]

My 11-year-old daughter and I recently watched “Eleanor the Great,” a movie about someone’s experience during the Holocaust, which was highly recommended to me by one of my seventh grade students. While of course sad, the film was also filled with humor and warmth. Our daughter is interested in this topic and history in general, […]

As a former children’s librarian, I am appalled and offended by the total lack of sensitivity on the part of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. His recent use of a beloved picture book character, Franklin the Turtle, to illustrate his war mongering is an insult to both the field of children’s literature and to the […]

Before we fulminate against MAGA, remember that Bill Clinton was Trump-lite, then recall how shamelessly Democrats circled the wagons around this reckless philanderer who practically wrote his own kompromat. Clinton, like Trump, misused his office to solicit favors, often of a sexual variety. Clinton, like Trump, parlayed his power and influence into shady financial deals. […]

This newspaper should be ashamed of itself for its blatantly biased headline on a recent story regarding Sen. Susan Collins supporting a 2026 referendum barring transgender students from sports teams and private spaces. The headline was “Sen. Collins signs Maine petition for initiative to restrict transgender rights.” Casting this issue as a restriction of transgender […]