Letters

Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Ireland adoption story repeats inaccuracies and lies

On the front page of the May 13 Maine Sunday Telegram, there was a story about a young boy who was placed for adoption by nuns at the Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, Ireland. The article quotes a genealogist at the Maine Irish Heritage Center in Portland, who makes a statement that is scurrilous. Speaking […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: CMP customer demands answers on big increase in bills

My Central Maine Power bills are on the automatic payment plan. The monthly amount increased when a family member lived with me and then decreased accordingly when he moved on. Yesterday, I received notice that my monthly bill has increased by 100 percent. My usage has decreased during the past 18 months. I heat with […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: School issues too important to be belittled as ‘cage fight’

As a citizen directly in the middle of Maine, reading the Portland Sunday paper is my once-a-week treat. However, almost a month ago, I was reading your lengthy article on the educational dispute that was occurring in the Scarborough school system and was appalled to see your use in the headline and in the body […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Glad to see Maine people tackling climate change

It was refreshing to read that 31 folks, including about a dozen high school students, recently testified in Augusta at a Department of Environmental Protection hearing. They were asking for much tougher greenhouse-gas emissions standards in the coming years here in Maine. We are too jaded these days, too numbed by dysfunction, too timid to […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Islander finds ferry fare increase fishy

Could the increase of Islesboro’s ferry ticket prices be Gov. LePage’s “Bridgegate”? Don’t be too quick to scoff at such a notion. Let’s not forget that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and LePage are cut from the same cloth. Remember how Islesboro was so influential in the fight to preserve its neighboring Sears Island, […]

Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Janet Mills a leader for sensible gun laws

As I flipped through TV stations, hoping for an update on the 34th school shooting of 2018 (according to the Gun Violence Archive) but mostly finding commentary on the royal wedding, I couldn’t help but fear that my community could be next. Throughout my career, advocating for sensible gun laws both here in Maine and […]
Published
May 27, 2018

Letter to the editor: Mills has proved herself a leader for Maine

In today’s society, people expect children and young adults to attend school, study hard and educate themselves to become our future workforce, community and state leaders, but many adults don’t take the time to study and educate themselves on who will be running for public office. We will be electing a new governor this fall. […]
Published
May 26, 2018

Letter to the editor: Excuses for gun violence disheartening

What is it that makes it so difficult to acknowledge that guns are, in fact, the problem?
Published
May 26, 2018

Letter to the editor: Here’s how empathy looks on the ground

I want to thank Staff Writer Randy Billings for holding up a mirror to Bayside in his May 6 article. I found it interesting that so many letter writers saw lack of empathy reflected back. I can tell you what empathy looks like on the ground (quite literally). Take this as a random example; it’s […]
Published
May 26, 2018

Letter to the editor: Officials abet plundering by Central Maine Power

P-C = A-R. Pro-Corporate = Anti-Ratepayers. Solution: Money talks. Here’s how it would work: Maine Public Utilities Commission members would forfeit any and all monetary entitlements while they continue to shuffle papers until this magnum boondoggle is settled to the satisfaction of the ratepayers, rather than abetting a monetary serial ravager, Central Maine Power, as […]

Sign In:

Letters