Mainers with mental illness deserve access to high-quality services, meaningful due process protections and a system that is reliable and transparent.
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Passover brings Maine’s Jewish community together | Opinion
Portland’s rich Jewish history, in particular, finds expression in this beautiful celebration.
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Maine businesses are getting squeezed and you’re paying the price | Rep. Laurel Libby
Our state should be an affordable place to live. Augusta is making that harder than it needs to be.
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Maine should strive for better policymaking. Just don’t look to D.C. for guidance. | Opinion
The Trump administration is not the role model.
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Who benefits when your home is sold in secret? | Opinion
Large national real estate firms have been building closed, proprietary listing channels. Maine’s system guards against that and is worth protecting.
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Susan Collins is a master illusionist | Opinion
The senator projects an image of fighting for funding and projects that benefit hard-working Mainers. To me, it’s all a slick advertising display.
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Maine’s juvenile offenders and at-risk youth have been cast aside again | Opinion
The repurposing of the Long Creek Youth Development Center is stalled once again. What is stopping Maine legislators from being the force to invest in our youth?
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Maine’s shelter safety net is wearing out | Opinion
While the additional $1.5 million in the governor’s supplemental budget is a definite boost, we need to allocate more permanent funding.
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Gone is the legacy of the performing arts in Fairfield | Opinion
The curtain seems to be falling on the spirit of community stewardship in our town.
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Androscoggin River fish runs must be restored | Opinion
With the Brunswick Hydroelectric Dam currently up for relicensing, it’s now or never to force the dam’s owner to adhere to Clean Water Act standards for safe passage of native fish species.