When will “Society Notebook” return? It was very entertaining. Buell Heminway Phippsburg
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Grateful for big life lessons from ‘Big Nate’ | Letter
On the Dec. 14 Maine Sunday Telegram Comics page, “Big Nate” was more than cute and amusing. Its creator, Lincoln Peirce, conveyed a profound theological truth, simply and concisely (just what we want in a good comic strip). I often get some of my sermon materials from the comic strips, but this particular strip was a […]
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Bonding with babies takes time but makes memories | Letter
It’s been almost four decades since my youngest was born, but I still smiled and laughed at Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s status report (“Two months into motherhood, back on my feet and still on my toes,” Dec. 21). It brought back so many memories. There was definitely some overlap with “Mason’s Laws of Infant Care”: Let sleeping […]
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What’s wrong with this picture, Portland? | Letter
At a public workshop, the city failed to provide visual tools to help residents grasp the impact of the recently approved 380-foot tower.
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In favor of keeping the mudflats | Letter
Boston’s mudflats were filled in, starting about 1865, and the first structures were built about 1900. There was some filling in by Portland’s Back Cove at about the same time — maybe where the Hannaford is now. South Portland’s mudflats were filled in, to a point, for projects such as the World War II liberty […]
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Evolving cities rise to new heights | Letter
With all the hand-wringing and doomsaying regarding the impact that the proposed Old Port high-rise will have on the quality of life of our city, I wish I could go back in time and witness the contemporary reaction to other notable city structures at the time of their construction. When Captain Moody built the seven-story […]
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A bad take from the Times on US military strength | Letter
On Dec. 14, the New York Times editorial board cried out in alarm over how the Russians and Chinese have outdistanced us in military strength. It blamed what it described as our increasing weakness on our cumbersome military procurement system and preference for expensive, outmoded weapons, and warned that we must rapidly streamline and modernize […]
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Where is voters’ protection from super PAC contributions? | Letter
The concept of one person, one vote takes a backseat to the clout of those with deep pockets.
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I took democracy’s benefits for granted | Letter
I’ve been fortunate enough to have lived most of my 72 years knowing that our three branches of government provided us with protection against any single party or person assuming complete control over us. Along with that, our Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation were about the rule of law — not the […]
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Grateful for the kindness of strangers in Windham | Letter
I recently fell asleep at the wheel coming home from Portland and ran my car off the road. It flipped over down an embankment and I found myself, fortunately, uninjured but hanging from the shoulder strap. Immediately several young men rushed down to try to extricate me from the car before the rescue unit arrived. […]