Letters

Published
July 24, 2018

Letter to the editor: NATO an investment in U.S. security

I understand that America is carrying the financial burden of NATO and other military coalitions. And I understand why we may be tired of overpaying to protect other nations. But there is a reason we dominate the military resources of the world. What if we do push other nations to build up their forces – […]
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Republicans forfeit their claim to patriotism

I encourage Democrats to actively take up this role.
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Big mistake to freeze your credit information

Learn from my mistake. When the Equifax security breach occurred and media coverage supplied information on how to protect yourself, I took the option I never knew I had before to freeze my credit information. I figured that I would not be applying for any new credit cards, loans or mortgages in the near future. […]
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Nonsense that America is becoming fascist nation

Letter writer John Riley is of the opinion that America is becoming a fascist country (July 18). Nonsense. Fascism does not support sanctuary cities or open elections or freedom of the press or freedom of religion. Thousands of people do not attempt to get into fascist countries, thousands try to get out. To compare America […]
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Readers, join in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease

I’m writing to express my passionate plea to help make Alzheimer’s disease a priority in Maine. According to the State Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Maine, 53,000 individuals in Maine will be living with Alzheimer’s by 2020 and along with them will be the thousands of unpaid family caregivers like myself. I […]

Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: SAT is economically and racially biased

The Scholastic Aptitude Test has become the ultimate gatekeeper lying between teens and their academic future. Despite numerous studies proving that the test does not, in fact, accurately gauge a student’s aptitude for success in college, it is used by the vast majority of post-secondary institutions to dictate acceptance. There has, however, been a surge […]
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Choice between LePage clone and women with experience

We thought that the failure of legislative resistance to citizen demand for more say in government ended when ranked-choice voting vaulted over the last political hurdle last month. Not so, unfortunately, with Gov. LePage and associates taking advantage of a clerical error in the markup process for an associated Clean Election law. The legislation had […]
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Community issues call for national leadership

Independent Sen. Angus King has shown a fierce devotion to finding solutions to the opioid epidemic. You may have read about it in the paper, or seen it on TV. For too many of us, we’ve lived it. Be it through family, friends, neighbors or loved ones, or because of a personal struggle, people in […]
Published
July 23, 2018

Letter to the editor: Support progressive candidates for the sake of our country

What are you looking for in a candidate? Do you want someone with a common-sense approach and an ability to listen? Someone who will work to bolster the middle class? Jeremy Mele, a Democrat running for state representative in House District 19 (Sanford/Springvale), is such a candidate. He will work for the expansion of health […]
Published
July 22, 2018

Letter to the editor: Museum fails to tell island’s whole story

Monhegan's history predates English occupation.

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