News
Board, police debate use of body cams in schools
A tense meeting of the Portland School Board last week was marked by the walkout of the city’s new police chief after a long...
Arts & Living
Lighting the way for Maine State Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’
Bright cotton-candy-colored lights sparkled against Dave Herrman’s silver rings each time he slid a dimmer on his lightboard. As he chose color themes from a...
Leftovers: Good service and an alternate universe
For each of us, there’s a fine line between seamless tableside competency and over-solicitous restaurant service. The same holds true for delicate gastrique drizzles,...
Viewpoint
A View from the Hill: Bless the risk-takers
My first job in journalism was as a reporter at the York County Coast Star, a muckraking weekly newspaper in Kennebunk. The crusty editor,...
Politics & Other Mistakes: The road to Niceville
If you carefully examine Central Maine Power Co.’s plan to build a transmission line to deliver Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts, you’ll discover the company...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Into the inferno
If there’s a hell for Republicans, it probably looks a lot like Maine’s 1st Congressional District.
Asylum seekers. Transgendered bathrooms. Abortion clinics. Needle-exchange programs. Biased...
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These Viewpoint pages will provide a forum for a diverse array of opinions and columnists.
While we will have regular contributors, like columnist Al Diamon, we...