Ned Melanson News Today

A Cumberland voter quoted in a recent Press Herald report on the rejection of an affordable housing proposal said: “We felt there was a lot of uncertainty with who would be living there and thought the income level was a bit low for the people we want to attract to town.” This is an inhumane […]

Do we need a D.A.R.E. program to reduce pedestrian and car driver deaths? Press Herald articles this month on road user fatality statistics highlight car crashes as a grim source of injury and death for Mainers. Thousands of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers (and their passengers) are injured and killed every year on Maine roads. And […]

Tony Donovan’s recent commentary about the need for light rail expansion in Maine was spot on (“Commentary: Maine Department of Transportation must take passenger rail seriously,” June 15). Mass transit must be developed in Maine, or we will face the problems of traffic congestion, pollution and vehicular fatalities that come with expanding car infrastructure in […]