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Published
August 29, 2013

Letters to the editor: Media overlook excitement about Baxter

Why does the press continue to focus on every little problem, no matter how small, that Baxter Academy faces? Certainly CNN, Fox News and the like also focus on everything negative that happens in the world, and little of the many positive events, so maybe the press in Maine is no different. It appears that the […]
Published
August 28, 2013

Letters to the editor: ‘Plain-spoken’ LePage must own his words

Gov. LePage was reportedly overheard saying recently that President Obama “hates white people.” Then he said, “No, I never said that,” effectively accusing some of his Republican supporters at the gathering of lying. In his latest letter to Republicans, he represented himself as being “plain-spoken … and blunt” and said that he is “not […]
Published
August 27, 2013

Letters to the editor: A vision of justice, not retribution

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that one day, a people long denied their rights would become full citizens of our nation. Today, I have a dream — a dream for Maine and our nation. I have a dream that one day everyone, even those who fall and harm others, will […]
Published
August 25, 2013

Letters to the editor: State needs to welcome the young

With respect to “The Challenge of Our Age” Special Report series, I can clearly remember growing up in the ’70s in Camden and listening to residents talking about ways to discourage “outsiders” as they would make too many changes to the state. Too many young people leaving the state every year may be one result […]
Published
August 24, 2013

Letters to the editor: Harpswell residents prize Cedar Beach

I am writing to encourage all readers of your paper to stand behind the longtime residents and majority of people who want to see Harpswell’s natural resources, namely Cedar Beach on Bailey Island, be open to the public to enjoy. I grew up on Bailey Island as did my ancestors back to the 1700s. I […]

Published
August 23, 2013

Letters to the editor: Selling part of city park is short-sighted

In two weeks, the Portland City Council will be voting on whether or not to sell a public park to a private developer for the purpose of building an additional hotel convention center. Last year, the council voted for a tax break, effectively spending $31 million in public money to create the new Thompson’s Point […]
Published
August 22, 2013

Letters to the editor: Race benefits from 16-year winner

As the dust settles on a 16th successful TD Beach to Beacon road race, we would like to echo Joan Benoit Samuelson’s praise for her retiring race president, Dave Weatherbie. Joan summed up Dave’s 16-year effort simply as “amazing” (“Race Notebook: Weatherbie steps down as race president after 16 years,” Aug. 3). We would like […]
Published
August 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor: Baxter Academy on track to open Sept. 4

I am writing in reference to Noel Gallagher’s Aug. 16 story “Portland charter school denied occupancy approval.” Inspections of older buildings undergoing renovation are challenging, and Baxter Academy has proceeded on a conservative path to ensure that the required permitting gets done. We will soon welcome more than 130 students from 35 cities and towns. […]
Published
August 20, 2013

Letters to the editor: Poverty wages a burden to taxpayers

The recent job actions by fast food workers have revived discussion of the minimum wage. Most of the time, this issue is portrayed as a moral or fairness issue to increase wages for poor workers versus the tired old argument that raising the minimum wage will be a hardship for the “job creators” and cause […]
Published
August 19, 2013

Letters to the editor: Enforce dog ordinance – don’t alter it

I am a property owner at Higgins Beach. My husband and I enjoy the area very much, especially being able to walk our dogs off-leash during the summer hours before 9 a.m. Now I have heard that the Town Council is looking into changing the ordinance (“Scarborough moving to keep dogs leashed on beaches,” Aug. […]

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