Portland Press Herald News Stories

'Modernization' at the expense of patient safety is bad medicine.

With reservations down due to President Trump's Canada shenanigans, let's step up and help our fellow Mainers in tourist spots like Old Orchard Beach.

Margaret Chase Smith had 100 times the class of Sen. Angus King. First, he uses Paul Revere. That didn’t work. Now he’s trying to use this wonderful lady. Why doesn’t King stand on his own two feet and stop trying to stand on the shoulders of respected people (which he is not)? Donald Larrabee Scarborough

Too often, elections are co-opted by wealthy operatives seeking to shape government to serve their needs.

In the Opinion section of the April 23 Press Herald, Chelsea Henderson voices her support for Sen. Angus King’s “grilling” of National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on the vulnerability of our nation’s naval facilities to sea level rise caused by, of course, global warming. As an example, Ms. Henderson warns us that sea level rise […]

I am a retired history teacher and a Portland native. I remember the urban renewal of the 1960s that, along with other historic buildings, resulted in the tragic loss of the old Union Station. Now, once again, Portland seems determined to destroy a long familiar and priceless part of its civic history. If the City […]

But before his presentation Thursday, some players' parents expressed frustrations that the investigation into the allegations was not neutral or complete.

The division is deeper than it's been in years.

The Trump administration said it is rescinding the funding to prevent an 'overuse of taxpayer dollars.'

The Legislature's Transportation Committee says the toll highway extension should be considered among options to solve traffic congestion west of Portland.