In a recent article (“Despite fears, most Maine districts OK school budgets,” June 12), a voter asked, “Why in hell should I be paying school tax when I don’t have students in school?” We don’t pay taxes to have our own children go to school. We pay taxes so we can have an educated society. […]

I’m writing to thank the newspaper for its continuous publishing of letters and articles on transgender student-athletes and the bills pending in the Legislature. Your unbiased coverage is much needed. Transgender young people have enough issues and situations to deal with in their lives. There are solutions to the situation. Publicity-seeking legislators are not among […]

This is in response to the June 8 letter “Fund Maine’s schools and support its future.” I do uphold all the highlights that the writer underlines in that article. However, the outcry from different sources relating to the “increasing cost” of education has its own truths. The reality is that the cost of grade K-12 […]

I write to comment on the May 14 letter in which a freshman student-athlete responded to action taken by Maine District 90 Rep. Laurel D. Libby (“Rep. Libby’s rhetoric spoils high school running“). It is the responsibility of every adult to assist, whenever possible, any child or youth. It is certainly the further obligation to […]

Desperate Palestinian civilians in Gaza, themselves hostage to Hamas, sabotage attempts to deliver supplies to them by looting and attacking distribution centers. Hamas hijacks supply trucks to steal humanitarian aid and sell it to starving and suffering Gazans at unreasonable prices. Meanwhile, Israel stops aid deliveries to inspect them for smuggled armaments. Neighboring Arab nations […]

Music, dance and theater come down to human beings using mind, body, heart and brain to create. There’s no AI, no digital screen visual tricks, just, in the case of Maine State Music Theatre, amazingly talented cast members. This summer’s first offering, “Anastasia,” tells the story of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the […]