I appreciated your article on inequities in college lacrosse championships. However, I must ask, why not include a picture of a women’s team with the headline? I nearly skipped reading the article because of the image that accompanied it. I’m sure any one of the coaches interviewed for the story would have gladly provided a […]

I am writing to express concern over the Wabanaki Alliance, a private nonprofit, presenting itself as the public voice for the sovereign Penobscot Nation. This organization is not a tribal government, yet it frequently speaks on behalf of the Nation without direct accountability to Penobscot citizens. Sovereignty means self-representation. It means that elected tribal leaders […]

During a recent microburst in Scarborough, a local driver had a terrifying experience when a CMP power line fell onto their car. Thankfully no one was hurt, but not everyone knows what to do in this situation. Because car tires are generally not conductors of electricity, live wires can sit on the vehicle without hurting […]

The world should be ashamed of itself. How can we stand by and do nothing while Israel continues to harass and kill Palestinians in Gaza, whose only crime is poverty and hunger? How can the United States continue to assert that we stand up for human rights? Won’t somebody do something to stop these crimes […]

My wife and I have been co-guardians of my grandson for over five years. During that period of time, his father has failed to pay child support. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Support Enforcement and Recovery (DSER), the state agency responsible for collecting child support, tells me that they’re understaffed and […]

The recent vote by the Regional School Unit 73 board  (Jay) to exclude transgender athletes from sports was mean-spirited and unnecessary. This was unnecessary for three major reasons. There are no transgender student athletes in Jay, and may never be. Transgender athletes represent one-hundredth of 1 percent of all high school athletes participating in sports […]

I’m responding to an insulting June 29 letter to the editor in which ICE agents were likened to Gestapo officers of Nazi Germany (“Why are ICE agents wearing masks?”). The writer makes a comparison between “uniformed and proud members of the Third Reich” and ICE agents who cover their faces with masks. How dare he […]