Thank you for the recent report on the challenges of providing year-round housing to keep unbridged Maine islands alive and growing (“On Maine islands, housing shortages threaten community survival,” July 16). With the availability of an abandoned parish hall and financial support from Maine Housing, three units of year-round, affordable housing opened this month on […]

Our world is a mess and positive change seems lost in the fog. A majority of the influencers and politicians are enriching themselves with no regard for the Earth and the people and creatures who inhabit our small planet. One could easily fill a volume with examples of wanton disregard for the well-being of humans, […]

Why does it seem that some Americans no longer honor the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty? What do some Americans hope to fulfill by turning a blind eye to the world’s distress call? When do some Americans realize we all share the same planet? Where do some Americans believe we are being led? Who […]

Bert Kendall’s July 8 letter of admiration regarding the Maine Military Museum in South Portland is spot-on and a very impressive visit indeed. Adding to that fitting compliment, I would also offer that the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor has an extraordinary military section (and several very special military monuments outside) in addition to […]

Thank you for your coverage of the complicated issue of federal funding for public broadcasting (“Maine Public could lose $5 million through proposed federal clawback”) . The U.S. Senate is expected to act on the Rescission Bill this week. As chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Susan Collins plays an extremely important role in […]

The recent striper tourney postponement in Harpswell due to lack to fish is a sad state of affairs, but the reasons often blamed (rainy spring, colder water temps) for lack of stripers are incorrect. Virtually all the stripers we catch in Maine migrate here every spring and return in the fall to the Hudson River […]