I object, strongly, to the subject line of a Portland Press Herald news alert that I received by email at about 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9. It read, “Protesters clash outside Pete Hegseth’s visit to Bath Iron Works,” and implies problems that I, as a Bath city councilor, thought I should attend to immediately.

Of course there were no problems. The facts are well summarized by the quote from Bath Police Chief Andrew Booth that concludes the article: “Everybody was well behaved and able to exercise their First Amendment rights.” I was able to resume my day after not too much interruption, but there need not have been any alert and certainly not one with such an inaccurate headline.

Chris Marks
Bath