The April 15 coverage of Monmouth and Winthrop’s withdrawal from the 287(g) agreement with ICE highlights a critical issue for Wells. It’s not just “divisive”; this agreement actively erodes the trust between our local law enforcement and immigrant communities. When officers become immigration enforcers, cooperation diminishes, making all residents less safe as victims and witnesses […]

In 2015, relatives of the victims of a mass shooting inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, stood up in court and publicly forgave the murderer of their parents, grandparents and children. That was just two days after the unprovoked, racially motivated shooting. On Oct. 7, 2023, 1,200 innocent Israelis and […]

Every once in a while we read a letter that really moves us. Congratulations to Anelise Feldman (“Rep. Libby’s rhetoric spoils high school running,” May 14). Nothing more needs to be said when she said it so well. Holly McKibben Portland

While I am not a fan of Sen. Angus King, I disagree with Kristen Salvatore’s criticism of him for his positions regarding Israel (“Sen. King’s moral leadership on Gaza is coming up short,” May 12). Israel has been at war constantly for its survival ever since it was created in 1948, and it appears that […]

The recent discussions about tariffs ignore our very own hand in the decline of American manufacturing: the complicity of the American consumer. King Trump’s advisors would have us believe “Washington insiders” and “radical left ‘elites’” sold us out; big business merely adjusted to the political winds. It’s a convenient ploy for a man playing to […]

Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Mark Warner, among others, in April submitted a bipartisan bill, the Trade Review Act 2025. It is intended to bring the power of approval and implementation for applying tariffs within the purview of Congress and away from the executive. This meaningful legislation seeks to notify the American […]

This letter is a follow-up to Joe Moore’s May 5 op-ed regarding the Voter ID for ME proposal created by the conservative PAC The Dinner Table. This proposal will likely be put to the voters in the November election. It is critical that voters understand several things. • Most importantly, there is negligible voter fraud […]

I am a physician recently retired from practice in Portland. Every day, I saw residents living with lung diseases, such as COPD, asthma and lung cancer, who depended on access to treatments and medications as well as clean air to ensure that they can stay healthy enough to work, go to family events and live […]