It defies reason that our city would consider corrupting its shipyard zoning to allow 180-foot residential towers near our harbor shore.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: As the West shrugs, the world’s first Christians are being starved, ethnically cleansed
The U.S. and the EU must take a stronger stance on Azerbaijan’s brutal blockade of 120,000 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, or else the second Armenian Genocide is on our doorstep.
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‘The storm nurtured a community spirit in Readfield’
Patty Stanton remembers melting snow to flush toilets and volunteering with the Lions Club at her local school.
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‘For the first time in my life, I had no idea where I would be sleeping that night’
Kathy MacLeod Hooke remembers staying over at a motel, at her workplace and in the home of a kind older couple.
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‘Hellish cannon-like crashing sounds occurred night after night’
Ray Wilson remembers the tall, thin birch trees suffering worst.
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‘How can the Maine Turnpike be closed?‘
Bill Jeffrey remembers treacherous driving, helping neighbors and a couple of miraculous pies from Pat‘s Pizza in Orono.
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‘We had it easier in the wilderness … already set up for no power or heat’
Martha Bracy remembers the historic storm hitting during a 10-day Outward Bound trek across western Maine.
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Maine Voices: Remote work is not a solution for all individuals with disabilities
It’s high time we tackle the prejudice that causes disproportionate hardship and possible job loss for people with disabilities who are performing those jobs satisfactorily.
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Maine Voices: A big bipartisan opportunity to strengthen Maine’s democracy
The absence of ranked-choice voting in state elections and the system of unelected constitutional officers deprive Mainers of their right to full and fair government.
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Maine Voices: Is America moving toward a new isolationism?
President Biden has pledged that Ukraine will ‘never stand alone’ as it continue its fight. That’s not only up to him.