It may have been a dark and cloudy Independence Day in Maine, but for the reappearance of the Declaration of Independence on the newspaper’s Opinion Page. Thank you for adding substance and meaning to the parades, speeches, fireworks (probably a day later) the other trappings associated with the Fourth. F. Gerard Nault Windsor

There are many good single mothers in the state of Maine. They do their best to care for their kids and bring them up the right way. There are, however, some single mothers who abuse the court and welfare system. Some of these mothers do not want their children. They would rather go out and […]

On the evening of July 5, I stepped out on my deck. To the east, to the west, to the north, I heard booms as of a bombardment, explosions as of cannons and pop-pops as of repeating bullets of firearms. Are these not, I asked, the sounds of war? Frances Scott Key — Fort McHenry […]