Adding support for trails, paths, and even expanded sidewalks will encourage increased investment by the Department of Transportation in safe, accessible alternatives.
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Letter to the Editor: Preble Street is not a good neighbor
For a “small, scrappy agency” with “dwindling resources” Preble Street has been lately spending plenty on self-promotion in the Portland Press Herald. Their public relations blitz (yes, Preble Street has a dedicated PR department) is intended to sway public opinion into thinking Preble Street can do no wrong. The truth is that for the last […]
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Letter to the Editor: We can fight climate change by eating less meat
I would like to add some information and ideas to Seth Borenstein’s article about the contribution of food to the climate crisis. He makes some major suggestions as to what can be done to mitigate the climate emergency with respect to our food. He omits, however, the greenhouse gas release involved in the growing of […]
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Letter to the Editor: We need to protect school choice
We don’t choose where we’re born, and in most cases, we don’t choose where we grow up. For so many, these factors determine where we go to school and how we learn. This has a big impact on our futures. With all of that being said, that isn’t always true. We don’t have to be […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine climate planning includes businesses, policymakers, citizens
Re: “Our View: Green power generates jobs for Maine, not just electricity” (Nov. 15): During this Thanksgiving season, a convergence of leadership is occurring in Maine. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Editorial Board rightly opined that our “economic future is tied to the clean-energy transition” and we need to “get it right.” We wholeheartedly […]
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Letter to the editor: COVID disrupts lives as well as causing deaths
Death counts aren’t the only thing that matter in our battle with COVID-19. We also need to consider hospitalizations, hospital workers and all those who don’t die, but who get sick. No one enjoys the new burdens and lifestyle that we have to accept in battling any disease. So, you have a deadly infection. Doctors […]
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Letter to the editor: We can contain elections, safeguard voting
This year’s events prompt suggestions such as a national voting month, a ban on polling and a time limit on campaigns.
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Letter to the editor: Senate should acknowledge ordinary women’s struggles
Congratulations to Sen. Susan Collins! Her hard work has clearly paid off and the Smithsonian will likely soon include a Women’s History Museum. I would like to suggest some Maine women who I believe should be honored by inclusion. A young wife and mother who had to give up her job as sternman on her […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine-based elite has undue sway over Democratic primaries
I’d quibble with letter writer Therese Johnson (Nov. 13) when she reduces William H. Slavick’s criticism of Sara Gideon’s Senate campaign to opposition to people “from away.” I interpreted the main theme of his Nov. 6 letter as arguing against a Democratic Party elite that selects the candidates and showers them with campaign donations to […]
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Letter to the editor: High court ruling a victory for religious liberty
The decision lifting COVID-related attendance limits on New York state worship services is not a conservative one.