Ironically, the Portland City Council’s decision to place an alternative referendum question to the small shelter initiative on the November ballot may turn out to be an unwise decision. Portland voters now have three options: 1) The Riverton citizen’s referendum; 2) The council’s alternative; or 3) neither. But two of the options are essentially different […]
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Letter to the editor: CMP can’t be trusted on corridor project
Question 1 is the direct result of CMP forcing this project through with backroom deals and a literal army of lawyers and lobbyists.
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Letter to the Editor: What other common sense rules does GOP want to end?
Which public health targets are next for state Reps. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred; Laurel Libby, R-Auburn; and Chris Johansen, R-Monticello? Decrying the mandates that health care professionals wash their hands between patients? Wear gloves? Sterilize surgical instruments? Wear masks during surgery? Be vaccinated for other communicable diseases like TB, measles, or polio? Have a license to […]
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Letter to the editor: Listening circles could temper the rhetoric
I wish the media would stop reporting on the deepening clashes between the vaccinated and the anti-vaccinated as if it were a fait accompli, rather than suggesting ways to heal this division. The vaccinated look down on the unvaccinated as irresponsible because they fail to consider that being unvaccinated means, if they get COVID, that […]
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Letter to the editor: Anti-vax mantra: ‘Death to Intelligence’
Recently at an anti-vaccination rally, Republican Rep. Heidi Sampson referred to Janet Mills, Maine’s governor, and her sister, Dr. Dora Anne Mills, MaineHealth executive and former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention director, as the reincarnations of Joseph Goebbels and Josef Mengele. So far, we’ve seen many right-wing protests of vaccine mandates for health […]
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Letter to the editor: Health workers should say whether they’re vaccinated
They ask patients whether they are immunized against COVID, shouldn’t patients be allowed to do the same?
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Letter to the editor: Outdoor learning time should be a priority
Youth need time outdoors to be happy, healthy, connected and curious. Nature is an ally in our healing, and it is accessible in many forms beyond competitive sports. A troubling report in the Portland Press Herald stated, “In Maine and across the country, the number of adolescents who attempt suicide has risen dramatically.” We have […]
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Letter to the editor: Crossing into Canada can actually be a breeze
After reading the letter by Edmund Lewis of Windham in the Telegram: (“ ‘Casual’ Canada trip not realistic,” Aug. 22, Page D3), I felt obligated to respond. My wife and I recently returned from a wonderful seven-day excursion to Halifax and other scenic areas of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Allow me to list some […]
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Letter to the editor: ‘Jaws’ scarier than ever, but not because of the shark
What really frightens me is the official who is indifferent to the threat faced by those around him.
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Letter to the editor: Give the needling over vaccination a rest
I remain friends with people in my life who have concluded that the vaccine isn’t right for them. This includes several emergency and medical personnel who have been fighting this pandemic from the front lines. I realize that we are expected to bully, shame and even fire those who aren’t receiving the vaccine, but let’s […]