President Trump recently called a Somali immigrants “garbage.” Not long before that, he called a female reporter “piggy.” How revolting that we have a president who talks like this, who uses such disgusting language to describe God’s precious creations.  According to press reports, activists and community leaders have called on elected officials to stand up […]

On Nov. 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the pesticide isocycloseram for use on foods such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, legumes, tree nuts, peanuts, coffee and sugar cane as well as for lawns and golf courses. Isocycloseram contains PFAS, a highly persistent chemical that is harmful to humans and extremely toxic to bees. Human […]

Fifty years ago, my friend, Elizabeth Bruneau, was killed in Lewiston by her husband, RobertBruneau. At the time, I was a new nursing student in training at CMMC. A few years earlierLiz and Bob had lived upstairs from me in Auburn. On Dec. 5, 1975, Liz came to visit her mother at CMMC. She told […]

I wish to respond to the Nov. 28 op-ed by Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship (“Graham Platner has a Blackwater problem”). My first response to Evangelos is: Has he seen Graham Platner at a town hall? If not, he should attend one. Platner fills auditoriums. He creates a buzz. He speaks of issues that are near […]