I am shocked to view last Sunday’s Steve Meyers cartoon, showing a hunched-over person pushing a walker (Sept. 10, Page D2). Yesterday 50 friends, neighbors and family members honored my wife’s passing. Her life encompassed 75 years as a nurse. A few of our friends slowly walked into the Community Center also pushing a walker, […]
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Letter to the editor: Alarmed by rise in racist, antisemitic incidents in Freeport
I am writing to express my deep concern about the alarming increase in racist and antisemitic incidents that have recently occurred in Freeport: a swastika and racist slur carved in a public restroom stall at 100 Main St., my place of work (April 16); three offensive racial slurs spray-painted in the parking lot owned by […]
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Letter to the editor: Kudos to Maine Medical Association’s call for reform
The health policy statement – in favor of universal care – shows that the group recognizes the need to put patients’ and caregivers’ interests first.
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Letter to the editor: More and different support needed for public schools
I appreciated the recent Press Herald article about the limited number of Pell Grant recipient students at various Maine colleges (“Bates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.,” Sept. 8). Certainly colleges and universities can all do a more effective job of reaching out to students who would need Pell grants in […]
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Letter to the editor: Three certainties leading to ‘no’ on Pine Tree Power
How do we make a decision on the Pine Tree Power referendum? There are three certainties. As the Office of the Public Advocate has said, there are too many unknowns to predict what will happen if the measure passes. As a former lawyer, I can see litigation in the Maine state courts, and, in all […]
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Letter to the editor: Foolish, premature to write off Portland’s clean elections program
Its first cycle is a time to make improvements; meanwhile, let’s not allow minor issues to derail a program that allows candidates to seek support from voters instead of big money donors.
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Letter to the editor: EATS Act would endanger animal welfare laws, regulations
The recently introduced Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act is not only a dangerous step backward for animal welfare, but an unconstitutional affront to states’ rights and American society at large. I urge my fellow Mainers and animal lovers to speak out against the EATS Act (H.R. 4417/S.2019) and to thank Rep. Chellie Pingree and Sens. […]
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Letter to the editor: Time for a new approach to economic struggles
Recent Press Herald reports have featured the personal stories of low-income people unable to afford housing or child care, including child care workers, as well as financial problems experienced by some landlords who say they cannot afford to maintain the affordable housing they own. Clearly, local, state and federal governments and private nonprofits don’t have […]
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Letter to the editor: Pine Tree Power has a clear plan to benefit Mainers
If Mainers vote this fall to proceed with the publicly owned power company, the transition would begin immediately, with the goal to own our own grid by November 2027.
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Letter to the editor: Impeachment inquiry should not come ahead of our kids
While Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives announced the opening of an impeachment inquiry against President Biden on Sept. 12, the Census Bureau reported that the child poverty rate in our country more than doubled last year – after reaching an all-time low in 2021. The primary reason for this troubling upsurge, according to […]