“Run! Run! Run!” were the words my 15-year-old granddaughter heard, along with gunshots, on Sept. 10, 2025, as an active shooter attacked the high school in Evergreen, Colorado. Imagine the terror! My family now shares the trauma that 54% of Americans have experienced. We desperately need the protection included in the Extreme Risk Protection Order […]
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Just what is antifa? | Letter
“Antifa” is a shortened form of the term anti-fascism. Fascism is an ideology developed and implemented by Benito Mussolini’s regime in Italy from 1922-1943. Fascism is a centralized, right-wing extremist form of government, dictator-led and paramilitary-backed. Fascist dictators promote racism, violence and genocide and suppress the rights of free speech and free press. In the […]
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Fossel has a talent for making right-wing policies seem palatable | Letter
In Jim Fossel’s recent column on Question 1, he again shows his talent for making distasteful right-wing policies seem palatable. As he skillfully argues that there is nothing to fear about the upcoming referendum, he pierces his veil of reasonableness when he tells us that a vague “they” could have been more draconian in further […]
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Trump drags us into the gutter with fighter jet video | Letter
I’m sure it got no press but go to YouTube and check out the video President Trump posted on No Kings Day of himself wearing a crown, flying a fighter jet and dropping feces on protesters. Before Trump supporters laugh at these kinds of videos, maybe they could please try and imagine how they would feel […]
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Maine educators standing up to regulate firearms | Letter
At my school, we train 12-year-olds to throw their laptops at active shooters in order to buy themselves time to run away. There is widespread awareness of school shootings, and schools take measures to address this. My school’s budget includes $99,213 on safety, including purchasing Crisis Alert, a “wearable mobile panic button for rapid incident […]
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Falmouth’s pesticide-fertilizer ordinance is deeply flawed | Letter
Regarding Falmouth’s ballot Question 1 to repeal the new pesticide-fertilizer ordinance, this referendum is not a contest between those who advocate environmental protection and those who scoff at it. Indeed, some of the ordinance opponents are members and contributors to local groups devoted to environmental protection. Rather, the referendum represents pushback from mainstream believers in […]
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Squeezed Portland workers need a raise | Letter
For years I worked in Portland as a full-time student at USM and full-time minimum wage worker, making $15-$18 an hour. I couldn’t afford to survive. Toward the end of my time in Portland, I was living off expired free food I would score at work, and barely making enough to cover the cost of […]
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South Portland should not build homes near tank farms | Letter
Future residents would be exposed to dangerous toxins. Let’s put people’s health first.
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Saluting another Schooner Fare performance | Letter
I recently attended a performance at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Brunswick. Schooner Fare staged its 47th appearance at CCAC. I remember the first time they came to CCAC in the early 1970s, when we were working to bring audiences back to the historic Chocolate Church. Schooner Fare represents the best of Maine music, […]
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Voting ‘Yes’ on Question 2 makes sense | Letter
Voting “Yes” for referendum Question 2 on this November’s ballot makes good sense. It also promises to save lives. Maine needs every possible legal tool to prevent gun deaths and mayhem. Passing Question 2 will provide just such tools. A person in crisis does not have to be judged mentally ill or in a mental […]