Overdose deaths from fentanyl poisoning have created a lot of pain and suffering for Mainers, their families and our entire nation. Why hasn’t our government done anything about the trafficking of fentanyl into our country? Analyzing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, the group Families Against Fentanyl has reported that fentanyl is a […]
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Letter to the editor: Editorial shines light on opposition to power lines outside Maine
Glad to read a good Press Herald editorial for a change – the Dec. 18 editorial regarding transmission lines and the resistance to building them across the country, just not only in Maine. I was surprised to read that less than 400 miles of lines were built in 2020. I wonder if any lines were […]
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Letter to the editor: Many shut out of new, lower CMP rates
The people who need to save money can’t afford things like heat pumps and EVs that will make them eligible.
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Letter to the editor: Ex-Marine left behind in Russia as sacrifice to woke politics
This year, one day after Joe Biden’s perfunctory commemoration of Pearl Harbor, our president blithely abandoned an ex-Marine – Paul Whelan – currently being held in a Russian penal colony. President Biden, instead, brokered the Russian release of, as U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts emblazoned on Twitter, “a Black queer woman” who plays basketball. […]
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Letter to the editor: Asylum seekers place unfair burden on municipalities
In regards to the Dec. 19 article “South Portland: City considers new shelter zoning to avoid tax increases” (Page B1), many thoughts crossed my mind. Any local tax increase, be it 1 or 20 percent, should not even be considered to pay for General Assistance for asylum seekers. In my opinion, that should be a […]
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Letter to the editor: Thanking Sen. Collins, staff for bipartisan work on affordable housing
A new grant program will make it easier for people who live in manufactured housing communities to address infrastructure issues and buy their homes.
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Letter to the editor: Win for NECEC isn’t a win for the climate
New England Clean Energy Connect has gotten a win in the Maine courts, and it may connect power from Quebec to New England. But how clean is that power, really? It’s long past time for a closer look because electricity produced from the mega-reservoir dams, such as Hydro-Quebec builds in the Arctic, is causing our […]
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Letter to the editor: CMP rate deal should apply to electric heating, too
Re: This new rate deal, proposed by Central Maine Power (“New rates for heat pumps could shrink your bill. Now the caveat …,” Dec. 18, Page A1): Reduced electric rates for heat pumps and electric vehicles are fine. However, how and when will CMP ever give electric-heat customers a break? Total electric heat homes are […]
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Letter to the editor: West must stay the course, keep supporting Ukraine
Allowing the conflict to end with a victory for Russia would embolden autocratic regimes.
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Letter to the editor: Distracted driving as dangerous as operating under the influence
Distracted driving is as dangerous as drunken driving, perhaps worse. It should be at least equally punishable as for driving under the influence (whether of drugs or alcohol). I ride my bike up and down Route 1 more than I drive my car. At stoplights, I often see drivers on their phones (using mobile devices […]