‘I feel proud of the progress we’ve made together and confident about the direction we’ve set,’ Sykes said in the announcement Friday.
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Posted inLetters
Marpheen Chann for District 5 county commissioner | Letter
As a Cumberland County commissioner, I know the importance of broad experience when it comes to working on behalf of constituents. That’s why I’m endorsing Marpheen Chann for county commissioner in District 5, and why I look forward to serving alongside him. Marpheen is deeply involved in our community. As executive director of Khmer Maine, […]
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Posted inMaine, News
Cumberland’s proposed municipal budget up net 3%
The budget for fiscal year 2027 is focused on maintaining services the town already offers.
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Support a moratorium on data centers in Maine | Letter
I support a moratorium on data centers. I am not opposed to new technology, but I am concerned about the amount of resources and energy that data centers require to operate, and the impact they have on the environment and people. A moratorium would allow us to get more of the information needed to make […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine needs to change its work zone signage | Opinion
It doesn’t make sense to disrupt the free flow of traffic in zones where there are no workers out. It’s like crying wolf.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine’s retailers deserve realistic tax policies | Opinion
The proposed repeal of the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement program fundamentally misunderstands how modern retail operates.
Posted inMaine, News
Town says George Stanley’s junkyard in Greene will be cleaned up. Eventually.
Stanley, a longtime thorn in Greene’s side, is living elsewhere now, but the town said it will still proceed carefully with plans to address his Route 202 property.
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Maine women should not fear for their safety in prison | Letter
It was heartbreaking to read incarcerated women’s accounts of the sexual harassment and threats they say they’ve endured since Maine began housing biological males who identify as transgender in women’s prison (“Maine women inmates accuse transgender prisoner of harassment,” March 4). In 2021, when Maine legislators passed the law allowing inmates to be housed by […]
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The best available law enforcement is local | Letter
Trust is not something that can be flown in from D.C.
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Trump has no regard for our troops | Letter
It’s easy for the president to say, casually and callously, that “American lives will be lost” when it isn’t a member of his family whose life is on the line — for an unauthorized war with no clear plan forward, or logical rationale. My son, who is in the U.S. Navy and right in the […]