In “Slow and steady negotiation best route for Maine tribes” on June 11, columnist Jim Fossel wrote about Wabanaki tribal nations’ efforts to have their sovereignty restored by our Maine Legislature; sovereignty was removed in 1980 by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act. Two bills, L.D. 2004 and L.D. 2007 (tabled until January), will […]
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Letter to the editor: Which deaths matter to us, and why?
Why is it that a shooting that kills or injures multiple people causes so much uproar, but the deaths of dozens of unborn babies every day are considered good health care? Donald Schaeffer Bath
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Letter to the editor: Bring back the gardening section
Quite a few years ago, this newspaper eliminated the gardening section in the Sunday newspaper. A very sad day for gardening enthusiasts. Gardening may have waned pre-pandemic; however, it made a huge turnaround during the pandemic, when people were housebound and looking for something to do. People turned to gardening. What better than growing your […]
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Letter to the editor: Paying parent caregivers is responsible use of taxpayer dollars
This is funding that has already been approved, and it would go to families for the care they are providing to their disabled kids because no professionals are available to provide it.
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Letter to the editor: Vote ‘yes’ to create locally focused Maine power company
I am appalled, though not surprised, to learn from Press Herald reporting (June 18) that the $18.4 million Central Maine Power and Versant Power have spent opposing the public power initiative has come solely from their parent companies with zilch from individual Mainers. The paltry, by comparison, $655,740 Pine Tree Power has spent has come […]
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Letter to the editor: Yes to L.D. 1986 for the sake of community solar power
As Mainers and farmers, we believe the Legislature should vote in favor of L.D. 1986. After achieving our dream of farming food for our family and community, we decided to add solar as one of our crops and became community solar farmers. Community solar provides our family and members of our community with access to […]
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Letter to the editor: Justice is 43 years overdue for tribes in Maine
L.D. 2004 will benefit the whole state by allowing the Wabanaki to address their economic development, public safety and self-determination.
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Letter to the editor: Maine needs to amplify Black voices – on Juneteenth and beyond
We were disappointed in the lack of press coverage (thanks to News Center Maine WCSH for its excellent and thorough coverage) of the powerful, informative and sold-out Juneteenth Day event, The State of Black Maine Symposium (“Juneteenth show will explore what it’s like growing up Black in Maine,” June 18). It was held in Hannaford Hall […]
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Letter to the editor: Nurse staffing bill could hurt rural Maine hospitals
L.D. 1639, the nurse staffing bill before the Maine Legislature, is a bad deal for our state. Although enforcing strict nurse-to-patient ratios sounds ideal, it could force health care facilities that couldn’t comply to close beds or divert ambulances. Not only is there a nursing shortage nationwide, right now, and no evidence that strict staffing […]
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Letter to the editor: Breaking up camps won’t help Portland’s homeless
I understand that the entire country is struggling with what to do with the ever-growing problem of homelessness. And I understand that the solutions are complex and multiple. When I drive down Marginal Way, or enter Portland from any number of entrances from the highway, I see individual tents and ever-growing “tent cities.” What I […]