Having recently attended the Maine Marimba Ensemble concert in South Portland’s Mill Creek Park with my wife, I’d like to thank the city of South Portland for arranging the performance. The music of a very talented band was thoroughly enjoyed by a diverse audience of all ages and races. Seeing so many people dancing outdoors […]
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Letter to the editor: Include carbon pricing in budget reconciliation
As a lifetime “Mainiac” with family ties to Prince Edward Island, I was fascinated by elementary school maps showing what we knew then as the Gulf Stream. I was told it was the reason that PEI was warmer than where I lived in York County, although further north. I’ve learned that what is now known […]
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Letter to the editor: Building Maine’s future – legacy and opportunity
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 […]