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  • Published
    December 7, 2011
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    Rope recycling could clean up beaches

    – The other day I walked about two city blocks on the Scarborough end of Old Orchard Beach and came back with a shopping bag full of an assortment of nylon ropes. These multicolored ropes apparently had been cut and tossed into the ocean and were now coming ashore on Old Orchard Beach as well […]

  • Published
    December 6, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 6, 2011People asked to stop feeding the ducks

    I’m a seventh-grade student at Lincoln Middle School and we have been studying the problem of people feeding the ducks. We visited the pond at Evergreen Cemetery and while we were there people were feeding the ducks. When they left, the ducks went to the other half of the pond and started following us. It […]

  • Published
    December 5, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 5, 2011Occupy: ‘Eyesore’ or ‘noble cause’?

    I work in downtown Portland and go by Lincoln Park regularly. It is an eyesore and getting worse. There have been several violent incidents this November and surely more to come. These have been reported in the local press. I have spoken with several Portland police officers about the park and the people squatting there. […]

  • Published
    December 4, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 4, 2011Backlash over Black Friday

    When I picked up my Thanksgiving Day edition of The Portland Press Herald, fat with advertising circulars, I gave thanks — because ad revenue keeps daily papers going. I never want the day to come when the only way to find out what’s going on in the world or in my community is by squinting […]

  • Published
    December 3, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 3, 2011Maine pays double for I-95 upgrades

    Re: Another View, “Nobody at turnpike agency immune to cost-cutting efforts,” by Peter Mills, Nov. 27: Why does Maine pay double for turnpike improvements? Improvements are funded by bonds issued by the Maine Turnpike Authority, which collects the principal amounts, then pays the bonds back with interest. Over time, interest payments add up to about […]

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  • Published
    December 2, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 2, 2011Occupiers should play political role

    Occupy Wall Street has made some significant impacts and has enjoyed the support of many people in the communities that they have occupied. However, I wonder why they don’t unify all of the groups of occupiers across the country, identify some leadership from those groups, and then march on Washington, D.C., and our congressional leadership […]

  • Published
    December 1, 2011
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    Letters to the editor, Dec. 1, 2011Concierge medicine impractical, unjust

    In view of the problems we’re having with the cost and availability of health care in this country, ideas about the provision of that care are always welcome. However, the “concierge medicine” model presented on the front page of the Nov. 27 Maine Sunday Telegram has little to recommend it. First of all, for primary […]

  • Published
    November 30, 2011

    Letters to the editorA rotten deal for animals and Mainers

    Some Maine residents were happy to hear that Austin “Jack” DeCoster, infamous for numerous animal abuse scandals and environmental violations, is leasing one of his egg factory farms to Moark, LLC, a subsidiary of Land O’ Lakes. Unfortunately, Moark has its own terrible track record of corruption and cruelty. In 2005, Moark agreed to pay […]

  • Published
    November 29, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Nov. 29, 2011Principals lost sight of principles

    I’ve been following with interest the plight of the three Deering High School boys’ hockey players who have been denied the ability to play at Portland High School by the Maine Principals’ Association. Last season the MPA also denied four girls the chance to play at Portland after the Deering girls’ program was eliminated. My […]

  • Published
    November 28, 2011
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    Letters to the editor:Freeport arena plan undercuts zoning

    Freeport’s plans for a soccer arena on town land, reported Nov. 22 in The Portland Press Herald, are most disturbing (“Plan gives new soccer arena to Freeport”). The Freeport Town Council apparently intends to subvert the zoning ordinance by leasing the property to the Seacoast United soccer club “for a long term at a nominal […]