The effects of COVID-19 on Maine’s families, farmers and food systems have been serious and are certain to persist for months to come. As part of Congress’ response to the pandemic, I strongly advocated for the creation of a new program that would help support farmers while simultaneously helping to alleviate hunger in our communities.
Lisa Savage, Maine [Independent Green] candidate for the U.S. Senate, promises the most comprehensive plans for systemic changes needed to meet escalating crises exposed and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, crises that have been building for decades.
Don’t you love it when a simple backyard project completely turns course and becomes an Adventure (with a capital A)?
“Sign In and Out” it said on the small, weather-beaten placard at the edge of the woods. Just below was a clipboard inside a makeshift wooden box, to protect it from the elements, along with a pencil nub on the end of a string.
A recent full-page ad in this newspaper, paid for by “Sara Gideon For Maine,” attacked Susan Collins with the charge that “Senator Collins has changed.” Mind you, this would be the same Susan Collins that for seven consecutive years has been, according to Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the most bipartisan United States Senator.
To the editor:
Black Lives Matter — how deceptive, how divisive. BLM, the organization, has precious little to do with valuing or protecting Black lives. Rudy Guiliani has said he believes the group to be a Marxist organization.
“My eyes glaze over when you talk about that. Why not stick to the old percentage thing?”
That was a recent comment I received, complaining about my frequent summertime use of dew point to describe how muggy or not muggy the air is.
As I wrote in my last column, researching during the pandemic was challenging with the internet the most available source. This led to some frustrations, as you will see.
