By Katrina Linscott Throughout my 14 years teaching at Tremont Consolidated School, I have witnessed the myriad of ways K-8 education serves our students. The incredible events of last Friday clearly demonstrate this fact. In the effort to meet curricular requirements for music and physical education, PE teacher Emmy Watson and music teacher Allison Putnam …
To the Editor: In defending Donald Trump from accusations of racial discrimination, Richard Montalbano wrote (“Look for the Good,” Jan. 16) “in a building he owned, once he was made aware of it, he fired the building manager and made it right.” No big deal. Right? Not quite. For the record, when the Department of …
To the Editor: I couldn’t agree more with Russell Wray’s letter to the editor response to Jill Goldthwait’s column, The Harsh Realities of Long Shot Candidacies (Nov. 29). We need not look too far to see the myriad of “long shot candidates” who might never have taken the chance to run had they been faced …
To the Editor: Re: As Maine Goes, the editorial on Jan. 16, while outright political promoting is no new thing to see in editorials, your promoting of Gideon/Collins is exceptionally so. This may be just a case of politics as usual, but it is wrongly eclipsing of the other viable candidates from mention. Why? For …
To the Editor: Ms. Goldthwait believes that cannabis’ lack of harm justifies her position that the substance should not be legalized (“State of Maine: State should rethink marijuana and vaping,” January 16). But just the opposite is true. It is precisely because cannabis may pose potential risks to certain consumers, or when it is consumed …
It’s hard enough getting older without the prospect of doing it alone. Human connections — from small talk at the checkout to time spent with loved ones — make toughing out another Maine winter more bearable. But isolation is a problem for many seniors. Rural Maine is an especially hard place to live if you …
The opioid epidemic is claiming lives, filling jail cells, breaking up families, diminishing the pool of eligible workers and costing billions of dollars. The crisis is rightly at the forefront of discussions surrounding public health and criminal justice in Maine and nationwide. But there is another intractable substance abuse problem that dates back much further …
By Janet Mills Campaigning across the state in 2018, I met so many people worried that they’ll never be able to afford health care. Small business owners bracing for unpredictable hikes in costs for the health insurance their employees all need to stay healthy and stay working. Seniors who are rationing prescription drug medications …
Not every citizen who wants to serve the state is destined to be elected. Some of them do not have the right stuff. Whether it is the charisma to be elected — or the money — or the ability to compete with better known or better loved candidates, not all who are called are chosen. …
To the Editor: A recent study by Maine Center for Economic Policy on behalf of Maine AllCare (available at maineallcare.org) showed that a universal, publicly funded health care system covering every Maine resident could save Maine $1.5 billion in total health care spending. This report went to our Governor, legislators and the media and yet …
