We are appalled to learn that the Trump administration is proposing a 25% reduction in the National Park Service budget for 2027. The National Park Service is responsible for not only our national parks — America’s best idea — but also for a multitude of national monuments, preserves, reserves, refuges, battlefields, lakeshores, seashores, rivers, trails, […]
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Matt Dunlap is a proven, effective public servant | Letter
In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, we have the opportunity to elect a man who will truly represent us in Washington, D.C. Matt Dunlap has shown himself to be an effective, ethical public servant during his many years as secretary of state, his time spent on Maine’s Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, from 2013-2015, […]
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Joe Baldacci for US House seat | Letter
I’m writing to throw my full and enthusiastic support behind Joe Baldacci for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Joe comes from a family much like my own, featuring hard-working parents, strong moral character and deep family values. He has lived his entire life here, raised his family here and dedicated much of his life to public […]
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Graham Platner will have our backs in the Senate | Letter
I have been a teacher educator for 30 years. During that time, nearly a third of my students came through the Troops to Teachers program, a federal effort supporting veterans transitioning to civilian life. I often saw them arrive angry or disoriented, searching for direction and meaning — and I saw them graduate as caring, […]
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Maine can’t afford to have a war hawk as a senator | Letter
The same way the Portland Sea Dogs’ throwback jerseys invoke a previous era, Sen. Susan Collins’ support for the Iran war feels like a throwback to her support for George W. Bush’s disastrous Iraq war. Collins refuses to vote against President Trump’s war with Iran. The shocking truth is that she champions it, even after […]
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America would sooner print money than tax appropriately | Letter
It is very easy to give tax breaks— and it’s deeply irresponsible.
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Portland wastewater documentary is brilliantly done | Letter
Last night, I witnessed a full auditorium of people at Falmouth High School sit spellbound through a documentary … about sewerage. The film was, at different times, funny, beautiful, gross and alarming. Yet the predominant sentiment voiced in the discussion afterward was “bravo” for the people who keep the system working despite crumbling infrastructure. Truly, […]
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In North Yarmouth, the kids are all right | Letter
How did the building of Viking longboats radically change medieval warfare? How did one woman’s book, “Silent Spring,” launch a revolution in environmental protection? How did children, as young as elementary school age, march with older students and teachers to spark a revolution in South Korea? And, how did a peaceful revolution, led by students, launch […]
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Dan Sayre for Maine State Senate District 34 | Letter
We have participated in local and school district governance as volunteers and elected officials. During our tenure, we have had the pleasure of watching and interacting with Dan Sayre. He is dedicated to full representation of his constituents with careful, data-driven discussion. A person who believes in policy and procedure, driven by the rule of […]
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Please keep feeding our wild birds | Letter
An April 17 letter to the editor stated that reducing the use of wild bird seed will reduce the tick population on our lawns, presumably out of a belief that the birds visiting an empty feeder will, instead, eat ticks. Although I probably dislike ticks, particularly deer ticks, as much as the letter writer, […]