We asked Bobby Charles, Hannah Pingree and Rick Bennett. Here’s what they said.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Getting Susan Collins out of the Senate is essential | Letter
Mainers will confront established Trump loyalist Sen. Susan Collins at the polls. She needs replacing, and Graham Platner is the answer. In 1933, wealthy businessmen hatched a plan, based on Italy’s and Germany’s fascist governments, to overthrow President Franklin Roosevelt. Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Smedley D. Butler was offered millions of dollars to organize veterans […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Cumberland County prosecutors drop charge against Yarmouth doctor
Peter O’Donnell, 69, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of engaging a prostitute, a Class E charge, under a deferred disposition agreement.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Owner of Friendship market detained by ICE
Dhavalkumar Patel was apprehended by immigration agents at Wallace’s Market on Saturday. He contends that he is being unlawfully held.
Posted inFood & Dining
These Maine restaurants serve up complete menus from incomplete kitchens
No exhaust hood? No problem. Some innovative chefs flex their creative muscles with induction burners, Instant Pots or convection ovens.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship
Justices rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the US illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams
Justices ruled Tuesday that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
My chosen home: A love letter to my fellow Mainers | Opinion
After fleeing Afghanistan, this state welcomed me and my family with open arms. Maine is the better for giving refuge to people who need it.
Posted inElections, Maine, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
Do Mainers care about Graham Platner’s controversies? Here’s what our poll found.
The vast majority of Mainers have heard at least a bit about the U.S. Senate candidate’s personal history.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Bates librarian finds Indigenous land grant from 1860s, complicating college’s history
The Lewiston college owned and sold 57,000 acres in northwestern Maine.