Letters
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PublishedAugust 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. […]
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PublishedAugust 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 […]
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PublishedAugust 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 […]
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PublishedAugust 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, […]
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PublishedAugust 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 […]
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PublishedAugust 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 […]
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PublishedAugust 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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PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: Leave the milkweed pods to feed monarch butterflies
I am sure the recipe for sauteed milkweed pods printed in the Aug. 10 paper is tasty, but since milkweed is the only food source for monarch butterfly caterpillars, I will not be trying it (“Sauteed milkweed pods: A recipe to delight the forager”). We have planted milkweed at the behest of Audubon because of […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: May coverage of Robin Williams’ suicide help to end stigma of mental illness
When I heard the news of Robin Williams’ suicide, I felt very sad. I was ready for the media and society to blame him for his death. Instead, I hear themes such as he was a man who was killed by an illness. He gave so much to this world, so much happiness and humor, […]
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PublishedAugust 22, 2014
Letter to the editor: Bear baiting unfair, unsportsmanlike
Think about our own Maine woods. Here, it’s still legal to bait, hound, and trap our bears. We’re the only state to still allow all three. As The Lion King song describes, animals die so that others may live – a cycle of birth, death, and predation. This thinking about death makes it easier to […]
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