I was a registered nurse and a certified nurse-midwife for decades at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. I am very familiar with the work issues that have led to nursing burnout and exhaustion from chronic overwork as described by nurses everywhere. When I saw LD 1639 introduced in the Maine Legislature in 2023, I […]
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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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Reusable packaging is the solution to growing plastic waste problems | Letter
Plastic waste and debris is a pressing concern for coastal communities like ours — harming marine ecosystems and leading to microplastics in our seafood. The bulk of single-use plastic products are associated with food service. Using reusable packaging instead of disposable packaging is both financially and environmentally responsible. Now is the time for Maine to […]
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Maine needs to get tough on health insurance companies | Letter
I read Dr. Jeffrey Barkin’s thoughtful proposal for holding insurance companies accountable, by banning them from reentering the Maine health care market for 20 years if they fail to meet certain standards (“Health insurance companies should pay a price for abandoning Maine,” Dec. 14). The goal is to protect against companies abandoning and reentering the […]
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Hoping for the return of ‘Society Notebook’ | Letter
When will “Society Notebook” return? It was very entertaining. Buell Heminway Phippsburg
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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 […]