Letter to the editor: Small-business owner supports Maine paid-sick-day bill

Deb Sayer

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April 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Small-business owner supports Maine paid-sick-day bill

I’m a small-business owner and I support L.D. 369, state Sen. Rebecca Millett’s bill to guarantee earned paid sick days for Maine workers. I grew up in Gorham and after training at Portland Arts and Technology High School and at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle, I started McPherson Plumbing and Heating in 2007. […]
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April 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Global vaccine programs keep U.S. safe, too

Healthy countries are stable countries.
Published
April 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: NECEC reporting overlooks dams’ impact, need for conservation

In all the reporting about the Central Maine Power corridor project, New England Clean Energy Connect, there’s been little mention of the ecological destruction in Quebec caused by the necessary flooding of millions of acres to create dams. The vast amounts of methane released as the submerged materials decompose is a much more potent greenhouse […]
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April 20, 2019

Letter to the editor: Aid-in-dying bill raises professional, policy issues

In his April 13 letter, David L. Smith, M.D., of Portland, objects to a recent editorial (Our View, April 7) that argued in favor of a bill that “lays out the circumstances under which a patient diagnosed with an incurable, irreversible disease that is expected to cause death within six months can request medicine that […]
Published
April 19, 2019

Births

Mid Coast Hospital Keegan James Parker, born April 4 to Lindsea Jay Ambrose and Kyle Allan Parker of Wiscasset. Grandparents are Mary and Merle Ambrose of Woolwich, and Ruthann Preston of Roque Bluffs. Jackson Frederick Ruff, born April 5 to Karen Marie Libby and Jason William Ruff of Phippsburg. Grandparents are Catherine Libby of South […]
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April 19, 2019

Events

BREWER Walk to to benefit MS society A fund-raising walk to benefit the National MS Society will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, beginning at Brewer Auditorium, at 203 State St. An estimated 300 people are expected to turn out for Walk MS, to help raise a goal of more than $34,500 while creating a […]
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April 19, 2019

Community meals

MEALS LISTINGS MONDAY Free community breakfast, including eggs, bacon, pancakes, French toast and pastries, as well as coffee, tea, juice and milk. Open to all. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. TUESDAY Community lunch, noon. Free and open to all. 409 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Provided by Wayside Food Programs and hosted by […]
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April 19, 2019

Letter to the editor: Reps. Pingree, Golden shamefully side with fracking interests

By supporting a bill to expand natural gas technology to Europe, they’re undermining efforts to fight climate change.
Published
April 19, 2019

Letter to the editor: Corporations are making their own laws

Corporations exist to create profits. Corporations have nothing to do with democracy. In a March 29 letter, Thomas R. DePeter, senior director of electric operations, Avangrid, Central Maine Power, et al., criticized me for my opinion of CMP and its relationship with Iberdrola Spain and Avangrid, and the Press Herald for publishing that opinion March […]
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April 19, 2019

Letter to the editor: BIW should shift focus to finding climate solutions

The next warship to go down the ways at Bath Iron Works will be christened the Lyndon B. Johnson on April 27. In response, at 8:15 a.m., citizens united in voice calling for “conversion” will gather in protest of the continuing exclusive production of warships. The gathering, beginning with a press conference, will mark a […]

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