Letters

Published
August 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Question 1 to give Mainers chance to weigh in on bears

David Trahan should do his homework (“Another View: Sportsman’s Alliance’s role in bear-hunt bill misrepresented,” Aug. 10). Our meeting was a good-faith effort in hopes of reaching an agreement on the treatment of bears. The other side refused to have that discussion and consider a reasonable compromise. Instead, they sought to silence voters. Our April […]
Published
August 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Memories, hope for Millinocket

When I read the first of the two recent articles about Millinocket from Maine Sunday Telegram, it brought back sad memories. I, too, labored at Great Northern Paper Co.’s Millinocket mill to earn tuition and expenses for college. For seven summer seasons, I was employed by Great Northern doing work as varied as poling wood […]
Published
August 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Tourism could benefit Millinocket

I was disheartened by a recent article profiling the town of Millinocket. For many years, my family and I owned a camp on Ambajejus Lake on the western edge of town. I vividly recall “in-town” days, when we would dock our boat in Spencer Cove and head downtown for groceries, a meal out, some laundry […]
Published
August 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Hoist a pint to the job destroyers

Many thanks to Charles Verrill for straightening us out on what appropriate industry in Maine might look like (“Differences run deep over Searsport Harbor dredging plan,” Aug. 19). Here we thought that industry integrated with the global economy via rail and sea might have long-term benefits for a state that has struggled to succeed economically. […]
Published
August 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Forget about industry, let’s keep Maine quaint

Read as spoken by Thurston Howell III: Lovey! I say, Lovey! Did you hear?! The natives are agitating for decent employment again! They want to bring in big boats to export wood bits of some sort. Do they have no idea what this will do to the yachting? My god, the ambiance, the ambiance will […]

Published
August 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Another national park will benefit generations

A few years ago, David Louv’s book “Last Child in the Woods” alerted us to the changing lives of Americans and our children, the increasingly plugged-in state of youth and the newly defined “nature deficit disorder.” His frightening study is being echoed in more and more mental health research, and by medical professionals bemoaning obesity […]
Published
August 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Clear cuts, logging roads hurt Millinocket’s image

In “What will it take for Millinocket to rise?” (Press Herald, Aug. 18), author Whit Richardson describes “the region’s beautiful, untouched wilderness.” Really? Has he actually been there? If his definition of beautiful, untouched or wilderness includes clear cuts, logging roads, and vacation homes then I guess he hit his mark. But to most people, […]
Published
August 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Woodard’s ‘Unsettled’ a triumph on all fronts

Thanks to Colin Woodard for his series “Unsettled: Triumph and tragedy in Maine’s Indian country.” He knew how to tell the story, pulling me from one chapter to another for 29 days. I appreciate the major research needed and learned a great deal. I also enjoyed the graphics, from the logo of a wall painting […]
Published
August 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: King, Cutler romance defies common sense

Watching Angus King and Eliot Cutler cavort on TV left me with just one thought: Here we go again. Both gentlemen displayed monstrous egos without an ounce of common sense. Their self-serving instructions about what is good for Maine was demeaning and insulting to Maine voters and can have only one significant result: the re-election […]
Published
August 22, 2014

Letter to the editor: Put old mills, abundant solar power to good use

I now spend half the year in Florida and the rest on Colcord Pond in the town of Porter, Maine. Porter and other small towns around it are all depressed economically, and so is the rest of the state of Maine, which spends millions educating its young people only to see them move elsewhere to work […]

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