Columns:

GORDON L. WEIL : Many charities are in trouble, need to be more efficient
The Haiti earthquake has brought an outpouring of charitable giving that reflects the genuine compassion people feel when others are in trouble. But this generosity masked a serious and growing problem.

Letters to the Editor:

Mother of wrestlers has enjoyed experience
Being a parent of a wrestler is hard work and also very rewarding. My husband and I have had the pleasure of having two wrestlers for the past six years. I must say it has been the most exciting experience I've shared with so many people.

Home care programs let seniors stay at home
My 80-year-old mother has health problems, like many people her age. She barely gets around with the aid of a walker and wheel chair, but still she manages to live alone in her own home.

USS Kennedy would be good catch for Maine
What a grand chance the state of Maine has to obtain one of the United States Navy's most honored ships as a permanent museum and attraction.

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OPINIONS SPECIAL PROJECTS HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, The Maine Woods. We mark the 150th anniversary of Thoreau's 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations. For more, click here.

SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger Series
"For I was hungry," a seven-part editorial series, documents the depth and breadth of hunger in Maine, from the dramatic increase in food pantries to the thousands of children who come to school hungry to the elderly with bare cupboards. For more, click here.