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Published
December 9, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 9, 2011Differing views on Occupy movement

I am writing today to express my dislike for the Occupy Maine movement’s actions that were captured by photographer Shawn Patrick Ouellette. In the Dec. 2 Press Herald, the photo of the protesters at City Hall really troubles me because they display an altered American flag in which the star pattern had been replaced with […]
Published
December 8, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 8, 2011MaineHousing criticized, defended

In a recent Portland Press Herald article, Dale McCormick, executive director of the Maine State Housing Authority, said she is tired of the criticism of her actions as head of the agency. If so, then maybe she should not spend the taxpayers’ money like it was there to be wasted. Here is a person responsible […]
Published
December 8, 2011

MaineHousing criticized, defended

– In a recent Portland Press Herald article, Dale McCormick, executive director of the Maine State Housing Authority, said she is tired of the criticism of her actions as head of the agency. If so, then maybe she should not spend the taxpayers’ money like it was there to be wasted. Here is a person […]
Published
December 7, 2011

Letter of the Day: Pearl Harbor Day is a good time to remember all who serve

Generation after generation, men and women have responded when the country needed them.
Published
December 7, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 7, 2011Rope recycling could clean up beaches

The other day I walked about two city blocks on the Scarborough end of Old Orchard Beach and came back with a shopping bag full of an assortment of nylon ropes. These multicolored ropes apparently had been cut and tossed into the ocean and were now coming ashore on Old Orchard Beach as well as […]

Published
December 7, 2011

Rope recycling could clean up beaches

– The other day I walked about two city blocks on the Scarborough end of Old Orchard Beach and came back with a shopping bag full of an assortment of nylon ropes. These multicolored ropes apparently had been cut and tossed into the ocean and were now coming ashore on Old Orchard Beach as well […]
Published
December 6, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 6, 2011People asked to stop feeding the ducks

I’m a seventh-grade student at Lincoln Middle School and we have been studying the problem of people feeding the ducks. We visited the pond at Evergreen Cemetery and while we were there people were feeding the ducks. When they left, the ducks went to the other half of the pond and started following us. It […]
Published
December 5, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 5, 2011Occupy: ‘Eyesore’ or ‘noble cause’?

I work in downtown Portland and go by Lincoln Park regularly. It is an eyesore and getting worse. There have been several violent incidents this November and surely more to come. These have been reported in the local press. I have spoken with several Portland police officers about the park and the people squatting there. […]
Published
December 4, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 4, 2011Backlash over Black Friday

When I picked up my Thanksgiving Day edition of The Portland Press Herald, fat with advertising circulars, I gave thanks — because ad revenue keeps daily papers going. I never want the day to come when the only way to find out what’s going on in the world or in my community is by squinting […]
Published
December 3, 2011

Letters to the editor, Dec. 3, 2011Maine pays double for I-95 upgrades

Re: Another View, “Nobody at turnpike agency immune to cost-cutting efforts,” by Peter Mills, Nov. 27: Why does Maine pay double for turnpike improvements? Improvements are funded by bonds issued by the Maine Turnpike Authority, which collects the principal amounts, then pays the bonds back with interest. Over time, interest payments add up to about […]

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