Barbara Bagshaw is running in the upcoming primary on June 14th for House District 106. She has already made a significant impact in our community. She has never been a politician, but has over 30 years experience in public service, from teaching locally and heading a nonprofit organization to aiding children in 24 countries. I […]
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Letter to the editor: Student debt relief unfair to taxpayers
Debt doesn’t simply disappear, it is instead transferred to someone else.
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Letter to the editor: The difference between ‘human life’ and a ‘human being’
Regarding Maine Voices column by Keith Moore, Ph.D., pastor of the First Baptist Church of Portland (“Unborn children need legal protection” June 4): Moore is unclear about whether he is discussing “human life” or “a human being.” The distinction is critical to his position about what science says about what is present at the moment […]
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Letter to the editor: Support Lenz, Grant for Portland school board
As the proud mom of two children who have benefited from Youth and Family Outreach’s public pre-K classroom, I am thrilled to rank Sarah Lentz and Ben Grant as my sole choices for the two open at-large school board seats in the June 14th primary. I have been lucky enough to know Sarah for nearly […]
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Letter to the Editor: D.A. Sahrbeck is a leader on restorative justice
I was extremely concerned to read about the out-of-state money funding a campaign against District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck. Jonathan has been an impressive leader during COVID-19, engaging community groups and making treatment drug court a priority. He champions restorative justice and diversion programs. His 15 years of experience as a prosecutor are essential to managing […]
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Letter to the editor: Skold has the skills Portland needs in the State House
I’m proud to cast my vote for Charles Skold to represent Portland’s islands and East End in District 19 in the Maine House. Charles understands the issues that are important to me and my community: housing, equity and climate change. He sees how these are interconnected and can build strategic coalitions to advance better policy […]
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Letter to the editor: Press Herald should not forget Ukraine
The daily news about the Russian invasion should not be relegated to the back page.
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Letter to the editor: City caved quickly to food truck operators
It doesn’t take much to see that the problems of food trucks on the Eastern Prom don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. But after being pleasantly surprised at the original decision made by interim City Manager Danielle West, I couldn’t help feeling depressed as I watched the city cave so […]
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Letter to the editor: D.A. Sahrbeck’s party switch is not what matters
I received a flyer from the Maine Justice and Public Safety PAC urging people to vote against incumbent Cumberland County District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck primarily because he switched parties. I’m a flip-flopper too – I was a member of the Republican Party when I was younger, but switched to the Democratic Party about 35 years […]
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Letter to the editor: This much suffering cannot be OK
I have found myself shocked, on an almost daily basis, by events happening in our country. And when we experience yet another heartbreaking, senseless school shooting, I must ask: • When did it become OK that nothing changes after multiple mass shootings? • When did it become OK that over 20 million AR-15-style rifles are privately […]