On Tuesday, please vote for Democrat Steve Moriarty for the Legislature, to complete the late House District 45 state Rep. Dale Denno’s term. I got to know Steve well years ago when Chebeague, my home, was still part of Cumberland. We were delighted whenever Steve was chair of the Town Council. When they came for […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine owed more for CMP power line project
Ideas include a tax on Massachusetts for each kilowatt-hour transmitted; an all-purpose trail, and/or support towers capable of bearing multiple cables.
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Letter to the editor: U.S. unjust in its treatment of Venezuela, embassy protectors
Venezuelans have the right to their national resources such as oil, and the U.S. has no business taking over or controlling Venezuela. If the U.S. is so interested in the fate of the Venezuelan people, we would consult them and provide them with the assistance they need, not blockade food and medicine. We would not […]
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Letter to the editor: Congress should pursue questions raised by Mueller report
As the furor over the report by special counsel Robert Mueller starts to wane in some of the media, the report should not be considered a closed issue. The president has chosen to present the report as an exoneration of him, but I think that is not quite accurate. The report states that a conspiracy […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine independents are denied a role in picking presidential nominees
Here are three reasons why Maine needs to open up its caucuses to allow everyone to vote in them: First, many other states in the U.S. already have open primaries or caucuses; 36, to be exact. There is no reason why we can’t have what three-quarters of the rest of the country already has. Second, […]
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Letter to the editor: Nobody speaks for those affected by Portland’s high cost of living
I am a disabled veteran who was forced into early retirement for health reasons. I live on a street with no curbs, no sidewalks and no fire hydrant. The street that leads to my street has no hydrant. There is no Northern Utilities gas pipe on either of these streets. I do not now, nor […]
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Letter to the editor: Brash leaders can also be effective ones
Critics of Donald Trump are advised to look at the track record of a similarly derided British politician.
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Letter to the editor: NECEC offers hydropower to replace nuclear power
In an Associated Press story published June 1 on Page B3, the Portland Press Herald reported that the shutdown of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts, could increase carbon emissions in the short term because of greater reliance on gas- and oil-burning plants. But in a couple of years, the New England Clean […]
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Letter to the editor: Lowering of flag a reminder of lives lost to shootings
Our nation’s response to these recurrent tragedies is symbolic when it should also be substantive.
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Letter to the editor: Maine Work Credit will help small businesses, too
Last year we transitioned our business, Rock City Coffee in Rockland, into an employee-owned cooperative. We did so because we value workers – and you know how hard it is for working folks to get by. Fortunately, our state Legislature’s Taxation Committee recently voted 10-1 to advance L.D. 1491, a bipartisan bill that would help […]