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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Letter to the editor: Death with dignity is not suicide
Dying patients should be able to choose to take medication to end their pain, even if it hastens death.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Letter to the editor: South Portland taking steps to protect the ocean
I want to thank South Portland’s City Council for having passed ordinances that ban the use of pesticides, which have recently been found legally responsible for causing cancer in humans. And I appreciate their continued attention to these issues and concern for the health and welfare of our community and beyond. Now South Portland is […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Letter to the editor: Portland is mishandling process of siting homeless shelter
The pathetic rhetoric that occupies our city government on the subject of caring for the homeless has reached the point of pointless. After countless meetings and backroom discussions sans the real stakeholders, Commercial Street and Riverside (again) are the best they have to offer. Apparently, ignorance is bliss. The methodology and decision-making process has been […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Briefs
PORTLAND Writers and publishers group names fellowship winner The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announced that Megan Shea of Georgetown is the recipient of the spring 2019 Martin Dibner Memorial Fellowship for Maine Writers, a partnership between the Maine Community Foundation and the MWPA. Shea will attend the MWPA’s Black Fly Writers Retreat from May […]
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Letter to the editor: Maine voters should throw off yoke of party domination
On Page D1 April 14, the headline on Jim Fossel’s column states: “Simplification of tax code would achieve bipartisan goals.” The other, on Brian Klaas’ commentary, reads: “Can America survive scandal overload?” First, may We the People have a tax code that meets America’s goals, not bipartisan ones. Second, we live in the Age of […]
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Letter to the editor: Maine should ban use of devices by motorists
The mother of a woman responsible for her own distracted-driving death is frustrated at the slow pace of change.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Another View: Editorial misinterprets Maine general’s actions at Appomattox
Joshua Chamberlain’s order to salute the surrendering Confederates was meant to honor fellow soldiers’ sacrifices.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Letter to the editor: Online learning can’t raze all barriers to two-year bachelor’s degree
Noel Gallagher’s April 7 Maine Sunday Telegram story about online education covers, well, many facets of that technology used to extend and enhance higher education. I do have some issues with material in the article. One relates to the stories about completing bachelor’s degrees in two years. Especially for adults, “accelerated learning” is much desired, […]
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PublishedApril 21, 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 Saturday. 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 different […]
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Letter to the editor: Op-ed helps raise awareness of student food insecurity
As president and CEO of University Credit Union, I want to express appreciation for the March 25 op-ed by professor Michael Hillard and Preble Street Executive Director Mark R. Swann, “Maine Voices: College students need to fill their stomachs to fuel their brains,” as well as for the University of Southern Maine hosting the 2019 […]
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