Letters

Published
February 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: All Maine residents’ input on wind power deserves to be heard

Last month, my wife and I traveled from Trescott Township to Augusta to testify before the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee in support of L.D. 616, a bill to amend the Maine Wind Energy Act of 2008. If enacted, L.D. 616 would serve to restore to unorganized territory residents within expedited permitting areas an opportunity […]
Published
February 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Court should not rule for lawsuit challenging Portland protest buffer

I concur with the recent editorial regarding the lawsuit filed against the city of Portland over the buffer zone for protests near the Planned Parenthood clinic (“Our View: Portland protest buffer zone no free-speech violation,” Feb. 17). It is not a freedom-of-speech issue – it is another issue of some who believe their rights supersede […]
Published
February 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Protect Maine students’ privacy in private as well as public schools

Should the privacy of all of our elementary and high school students be protected? Every student in Maine who attends a public school is secure in knowing that their records are private. No school, administrator, teacher or aide may release any portion of a student’s records to anyone without meeting a very narrow set of […]
Published
February 25, 2014

Letter to the editor: Solar energy powerful silver bullet for Maine homeowners, economy

We’ve found a silver bullet: solar power. Just yesterday, our electrician switched our power from the local power company to the panels recently installed on our roof. That’s not quite a fair statement, because it’s even better than that. We’re still connected to the grid, but we’ll produce about the same amount of power that […]
Published
February 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Once uninsured, Mainer praises ACA, urges Medicaid expansion

Before the Affordable Care Act, my own experience with the health care system was costly. I spent way too much money on bad student health plans with relatively high premiums and very high deductibles. At the time I knew this was unsustainable, but I had no other options, considering my financial situation. Thankfully, that changed […]

Published
February 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: How will teaching to standards affect local control of Maine schools?

Recently, I attended two local public information meetings about Common Core. In these presentations, the educators expressed how impressed they were with how Common Core content would help the critical thinking skills of students. I have no doubt this will happen; however, my concerns are: • The ease of teaching applications can mean that future teachers […]
Published
February 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Proposed bill threatens cleanliness of Maine’s groundwater

The closure of a seven-square-mile area at the mouth of the Penobscot River to crab and lobster harvesting due to mercury pollution of the water is a powerful reminder of the importance of protecting our water from industrial pollution (“Mercury levels close mouth of Maine river to lobster, crab harvesting,” Feb. 19). Fortunately, the plant […]
Published
February 24, 2014

Letter to the editor: Report on ‘enhanced interrogation’ should be made available

The Select Senate Intelligence Report needs to be released to the U.S. public. Why? This report incorporates information from millions of classified CIA documents. It includes records of each and every prisoner detained and interrogated by the CIA. After more than three years of work and $40 million, we the taxpayers should be able to […]
Published
February 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Camden’s McLean debate overlooks rehabs’ effect on property values

Much has been written on the issues surrounding Camden’s Fox Hill, on almost every conceivable argument, pro and con, to the possibility of rezoning a property for a McLean Hospital rehabilitation facility. But a topic that is perhaps most important of all has received scant attention – the impact on our property values. We are […]
Published
February 23, 2014

Letter to the editor: Help monarch butterflies by growing milkweed

Special thanks to Mary Beth Breckenridge for her article in the Feb. 16 Telegram (“Gardeners in Maine, elsewhere can help monarch butterflies thrive”). This comes in plenty of time for anyone who wants to help preserve our monarch population in Maine. Even those of us with a tiny amount of dirt to work with can […]

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