While Mainers have somewhat emerged from more than a year of pandemic hibernation, significant federal and state economic investment is still on deck, aimed at a full and broad recovery in the short term and a vibrant and thriving economy in the longer term. Maine Venture Fund, the state’s investment fund for scaling ambitious startup […]
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Letter to the Editor: Hard to find middle ground
Is there really a middle ground any more? Not sure if it can be found, as so many people seem to be on the extreme left or right of the political spectrum. Recently speaking to a close friend and expressed my thoughts on the state’s decision to offer free lunch to all students. My thoughts […]
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Letter to the Editor: Justice is blind to crimes by the rich
Why are the wealthy and the corporate criminals never held accountable? If you are a working or middle class human who is convicted of a drug offense, you go to prison. You are not permitted to pay a fine. Purdue Pharma’s owners and executives are allowed to pay fines even though their actions hurt and […]
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Letter to the Editor: Communications giant comes up small on service
So what does it take to get the attention of a giant communications company? Verizon has long boasted that it has the nation’s most reliable cellular internet service, but for most of the past year, its service has been sporadic at best along Biddeford’s busy Alfred Street/Route 111 corridor, where I work and shop. In […]
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Letter to the Editor: Only Bezos benefits when Bezos goes to space
A reader suggests we’d be better off if Bezos paid his taxes.
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Letter to the editor: Shifts in COVID protocol require ability to adjust
When the behavior of the virus changes, we need to change our behavior along with it.
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Letter to the editor: Moving away from weapons of mass destruction, toward world health
On this 76th anniversary this month of our country’s nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945), it’s a good time to take stock of our country’s approach to the use and value of nuclear weapons. It was a hard week for such contemplation. Just days ago, a […]
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Letter to the editor: Oil, gas companies helping fund anti-Clean Energy Corridor campaign
Re: “Letter to the editor: Don’t believe the hype – CMP’s proposed corridor is bad for Maine” (July 9): A recent letter in the Press Herald by an opponent of the Clean Energy Corridor is comical. The writer states that the campaign to stop clean energy is “grassroots” when it is anything but. The opposition […]
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Letter to the editor: NECEC corridor has potential for sparks, fire in Maine woods
What is happening in California, Oregon and much of the West could also happen and has happened in Maine. The infernos of 1903 and 1947 are part of history here. The possibility of the Maine woods going up in smoke is increased by the likelihood of a forest fire being initiated by utility lines – […]
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Letter to the editor: How the unvaccinated can help turn this pandemic around
This week I heard a commentator on a news network say, “If you’re not vaccinated, go to a mirror to see an image of the only person you care about.” It was striking, but I don’t believe it’s true. I think there are unvaccinated people who simply have health-related issues, or a crisis-fear of needles, […]