In a political world that often feels cold and calculated, Sen. Collins shows heart. She listens. She acts. And for my family ...

This week’s poem, Lynne Benoit’s “Limington,” offers a nuanced portrait of an aging grandfather and the past. I love this ...

Unless something changes soon, Houlton Regional Hospital will become the 10th Maine hospital in a decade to close its ...

A delightful, laugh-out-loud funny picture book from Midcoast writer and illustrator X. Fang.

Mount Vernon and Vienna, population 2,334, share a library whose staff is the epitome of grace and good manners. The library offers all kinds of services including inter-library loan, which I use a ...

President Donald Trump, in his Easter greeting to the nation, could not resist turning it into yet another of his political jabs at President Biden. After his general statement, at the end of his ...

For most of my seven decades the cry has been to cut taxes for the rich, make deductions, exemptions, loopholes and outright handouts to the rich. The rich will take the money and trickle it on down ...

I strongly support Rep. Laurel Libby’s right to voice her opinion on the rights of biological and nonbinary women without censure. What she should apologize for is for posting a teen’s identity and ...

The latest fundraiser for Make It Happen, Portland Public Schools’ college readiness program for multilingual students, was perfectly aligned with the way the program celebrates diversity while ...