After more than 40 years in Brunswick, I never imagined that our hometown would become an unaffordable place to retire. My husband is a veteran who served this country for 21 years. I’ve spent more than 33 years as a radiation therapist. Our pensions and Social Security put us in a category where we have […]

As a longtime Maine voter, I believe we should replace Sen. Susan Collins. Collins represents big government that ignores the needs of many Maine voters who buy groceries, pay ever-expanding costs for housing and medical care and pay the bills that flood our homes and mailboxes. Two alternate senate candidates that I find interesting are […]

I applaud the message of James McGuire’s Feb. 27 op-ed (“American politics is suffering from Rip Van Winkle syndrome”). However, the MAGA leadership has not been sleeping. For well over a decade it has been plotting, strategizing for this Trumpian moment. Its aim all along was to defeat the goals of the past generation toward a more […]

As a first-generation logger in central Maine, it has become more and more difficult to operate due to shrinking markets, inflation, high interest rates, fuel and other expenses that continue to skyrocket. Similar to farmers, loggers like myself have no control over markets or how much money we receive for a load of wood. We […]

Upon reading two recent news stories (March 20), I found it ironic that one dealt with the “happiest places in the world” while directly below it was an article on the rising cost of Obamacare due to lack of subsidies from the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” One of the common themes for happiness was that […]

Under most circumstances, everybody does what they want to do. Or they don’t do what they don’t want to do. Some homeless people wear homelessness as a badge of sorts. They use the available resources — free cellphones, SNAP benefits, Medicaid, warming/cooling shelters, etc. — to make that choice more livable. I’m sure there are […]

I called Sen. Collins’ office to find out what I need to maintain my right to vote. I’ve been married twice, changed my name, don’t have my birth certificate. But I collect Social Security. I’m on Medicare. I am an American citizen, and have been voting legally for almost 50 years.   “You’ll need a “Real ID,” […]