I would like to applaud and strongly support what critic Jon Calame said in his May 18, 2025 column in the Sunday Telegram regarding the proposed Old Port Square tower. I think Calame was being very polite in his opposition to the tower. I think such a building would be an obscenity. Maybe some think […]
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Hannah Pingree exemplifies Democrat rule in Augusta | Letter
Hannah Pingree recently announced her resignation from the role of director of the governor’s Office of Policy Innovation. We remember Pingree, the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree, a failing, partisan U.S. Representative. Pingree served four terms in the Maine House of Representatives, some as speaker or as majority leader. She accomplished little, always mouthing the […]
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We may be discouraged but we are not without options | Letter
In a powerful 1982 film, “The Verdict,” Paul Newman delivers one of the most touching defenses of evident truth ever captured on film – for a woman rendered crippled through drugs mistakenly given to her by a prominent hospital, defended by prestigious lawyers, while he stands alone. In his character’s impassioned closing in the medical […]
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Cuts to higher ed will impoverish America | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
Won’t somebody think of the college towns?
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Remember why democracy is resilient | Letter
My father was a frontline surgeon during World War II. His unit liberated the Dachau concentration camp. He saw firsthand the horrors of war. Like many Americans, I’m astounded by the cruelty of the Trump administration towards immigrants, gays and lesbians, Black people and anyone who opposes President Trump. How did we come to this? […]
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Disappointed by Maine senators’ support of ‘No Tax on Tip’ | Letter
In addition to creating an inequity between tipped workers and everyone else, reducing the Social Security credits for many who most need them, if enacted, the income exemption adds substantially to the federal deficit.
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Trump’s war on culture and the arts must be taken seriously | Chellie Pingree
The administration wants investment to “align with the president’s priorities.” The health of America’s cultural institutions — and cultural expression itself — aren’t on that list.
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Five big issues looming over the final days of Maine’s legislative session
Some of the thorniest and most divisive policy issues of the session stand between Maine lawmakers and their plan to adjourn on June 18.
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Lewiston’s effort to improve its image starts with Kennedy Park
The new city administrator is behind an effort to change how the city is perceived, and he’s starting with Kennedy Park, trash and graffiti.
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Thankful for reminder of power of youth sports | Letter
Just what we needed: The front page article in the Maine Sunday Telegram (“Grieving Brunswick, York high school athletes find comfort in sports,” May 25) on the best of what youth sports can be about. So much recent focus on the bullying in male high school teams (important) needed this counterbalance to show how young […]