Another Viewpoint: Learn from the past, don’t let it dictate how Portland is governed
Adam O’Connor certainly did his historical homework for his op-ed "The case against the city manager" in the Aug. 5 Phoenix.
He accurately tells how...
Your Viewpoint: Fairness absent in reports on Hill historic district
Like many in the community, I am delighted at the revival of the Phoenix. I very much admire and enjoy the interesting paper you...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Lawn wars
If you count lawn signs on rural roads in western Maine, you’ll find Trump-Pence placards barely outnumbering “Stump Grinding,” “For Sale,” “Clean Fill Wanted”...
A View from the Hill: A little normalcy goes a long way
Two of my grandchildren, who are 5 and 8, came into my home last weekend for the first overnight visit in ages. It was...
Politics & Other Mistakes: The microbes march on
The U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, is a complex biological organism,...
Miserable & Magical: The walls are closing in
I don’t know if it’s because of COVID-19 or because I’m getting older, but I am very much over apartment life. Being cooped up...
Another Viewpoint: Rethinking Maine’s bicentennial: The stories we tell and the power they hold
Every day on my way to school growing up, I passed by the Blockhouse in New Gloucester. I still remember the story I was...
A View from the Hill: On the trail of Portland’s public art
A few weeks ago a small crowd gathered under a great catalpa tree in a lush, peaceful corner of Deering Oaks Park in Portland,...
Politics & Other Mistakes: The C word
In the complicated debate over how to correct injustices heaped upon Maine’s Indigenous People, there’s a word nobody dares to use.
No, not the former...
Another Viewpoint: The case against the city manager
On July 14 the citizens of Portland voted to establish a commission to review the City Charter. Several issues could be taken up by...