I appreciated the Dec. 9 Maine Monitor article, “Homeschooling is growing in Maine. Here’s what that looks like.” Missing, though, was a thorough description of home schooling, its good outcomes and the support for it in Maine established by law. Maine’s home school students can use their local schools to take the same courses as […]

The central question that every Maine voter must ask about Sen. Susan Collins is not about her positions, her comments, her actions or her voting record.  Collins may very well act in ways that align with her values. That is beside the point.  The essential problem is that the senator is a member of the […]

It was 3 degrees this morning when I awoke. The winds last night were brutal. Winter is here. The heat upstairs is off but my heat pumps downstairs are chugging away, although set low, so I leave my toasty bed reluctantly. When I finally get up, I snap on the switch of my gas stove […]

Regarding the Dec. 7 Mark LaFlamme column, “Lewiston moms worry teacher ruined magic of Christmas,” here’s my “Santa.” Santa has been around super long. Santa Claus is for the small, innocent children. They’d see goodness happening at Christmastime. They could say what they wanted Santa to bring them. A tree would magically be set up […]

I’m writing about the double standard coming from the Trump administration, particularly the dumpster fires burning in the Department of Offense. We’ve got “Pistol Pete” Hegseth ordering the firing of hellfire missiles at alleged drug traffickers and ordering a second strike on any survivors to “kill ’em all” and let God sort ’em out. Meanwhile, […]

We are writing to give our strongest support to Gov. Janet Mills for senator. She is an energetic, pragmatic, justice-oriented leader with a long history of public service in Maine. A former prosecutor, she was the first woman in New England to be elected a district attorney, the state’s first female attorney general, and in […]

Maine’s workforce is changing, and our education systems must keep pace. The new Workforce Pell Grant framework, passed into law this summer, is a crucial step toward giving students the flexibility to pursue the programs that align with their career goals. By allowing students to use Pell Grants for short-term, career-focused training, Congress has opened […]

The possibility of Penobscot County’s HIV outbreak spreading throughout Maine is a real concern on many levels. In 2019, safe injection sites (overdose prevention centers) were proposed by Brent Hawkes but were voted against by Sen. Joe Baldacci, who stated that there should be consequences for people with drug addiction, rather than offering help to […]