I live in Portland with my husband. We rent and work full time, but we’re steadily being priced out of the inflated rental and housing market. To stay in the city we call home, we need strong representation. That, among many reasons, is why I’m voting Marpheen Chann for one of four at-large Charter Commission […]
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Letter to the Editor: Maine needs school meals for all to fight child hunger
The Food Fuels Learning Network believes all students have the right to nutritious, culturally appropriate food that enables them to attain their full potential. Recognizing the importance of school meals for students’ health and readiness to learn, we strongly support the School Meals for All bill, L.D. 1679. Maine could be the first state to […]
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Letter to the Editor: Wishing Bob Dylan a happy 80th
Bob Dylan, who has had an unparalleled career in American popular music, turns 80 years old on Monday. A reader recalls running into his icon on a Portland street when Dylan was in Maine to perform in 1998.
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Letter to the Editor: Cancer patients need everyone to be vaccinated
I have multiple myeloma, a rare, fatal, incurable blood cancer. Thanks to advances in chemotherapy, however, treatment can prolong my life to, on average, about seven to 10 years from the date of diagnosis. One feature of multiple myeloma is that it suppresses my immune system because the cancer compromises white blood cell production in […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine disregarding offshore wind’s power potential
OK, Mainers. On May 12, the Press Herald published a Washington Post article (“Interior Department approves wind farm off Massachusetts,” Page A8) that reported that the Department of Interior approved a wind turbine project off Martha’s Vineyard that will generate electricity for 400,000 homes. It will be owned by the same folks who now own […]
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Letter to the editor: Long Creek could become shelter for homeless veterans
As the state of Maine prepares to close Long Creek Youth Development Center as a facility for our troubled Maine youths, I hope they will consider the following suggestion: Remove the chain-link fence and create a campus-like space for the shelter of our homeless veterans. The facility could be the ideal place for medical and […]
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Letter to the editor: U.S. must share excess COVID vaccine doses
Maine’s senators should press the Biden administration to do more to share our stockpile equitably with countries in need.
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Letter to the editor: Bills before Legislature would add to pollution, cost of gas
Anyone who cares about the economy should be concerned about L.D. 163 and L.D. 1532, two bills in the Legislature that could cripple Maine’s energy and transportation infrastructure, increasing the cost of heating oil, fuel, gasoline and asphalt for Maine families and businesses. Pretty much every business organization in the state opposes one or both […]
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Letter to the editor: Biden’s plan for families will start building from the bottom up
I just loved Greg Kesich’s May 16 column, “There’s no epidemic of worker laziness.” COVID has finally brought attention to the massive problems and discrepancies in our society. Trickle-down economics has been proven over and over again that it does not work. The rich only get richer, and in a big way, as COVID has […]
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Letter to the editor: Republican vaccine skeptics should also demand election ‘stealing’ proof
Re: “Distrust of vaccines: Across state, some won’t be swayed” (May 16, Page A1): In reading your recent article about COVID vaccination hesitancy, and similar reports elsewhere, a common reason why people chose not to be vaccinated is a perceived lack of proof that it is safe. One person quoted in your article said that […]