Dear Editor:
Last week I called Senator…
Dear Editor:
Last week, a letter writer offered an encomium to the Trump administration and an invidious comparison to the Biden presidency. Both of these were riddled with exaggerations…
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Flock, the domestic surveillance company, is aggressively marketing its spy systems to law enforcement agencies here in Maine. The marketing process is hidden from public…
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I am writing to express my grave concern regarding the Edgecomb School Board’s proposed budget increase of $621,000 - a 20% increase over this year’s budget! This is not a…
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In a time when many families are feeling the pressure of rising grocery costs, one small but powerful resource continues to make a meaningful…
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Maine and Washington Republicans are irresponsible and impotent.
My grandmother was an old-fashioned lady. Having been born in 1900, later…
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Most Americans grew up with the expectation that we could resolve our issues through tolerant debate and reasoned political horse trading. The idea that we should be tolerant…
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Though we grew up in similar circumstances — in the Northeast during the 1950s; in traditional, financially secure households; in safe neighborhoods that sheltered white boys…
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The businesses that closed their doors on Jan. 30 for the National Shutdown-Ice-out, did nothing but frustrate shoppers. Shoppers who on a bitterly cold day in January came to…
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A complete embarrassment. That was not a State of the State address. Our…
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Last week, a letter writer defended the deployment and tactics of ICE in “sanctuary states.” While I disagree with her thesis, she made me rethink my own stance regarding…
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It’s cold out there, but the heated rhetoric of hatred for one man scorches the heart of Maine.
They stand on the rule of law.…
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To replace the United Nations, a curated selection of national leaders will become board members under Donald Trump, its self-appointed president. Each member nation will serve…
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I am writing in response to the letter titled” Bridge People.”
The opinion seemed to be based a lot on money, so I did some “Googling to fact check.” This is what I came…
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I read with great interest you recent story titled "Treasure Island" (1/21).
Mrs. Washington was my ninth grade Earth Science teacher at Montclair High School in 1987.…
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Jake Day’s Christmas gift to our communities, his Christmas Windows, has endured for almost 80 years due to the generosity and efforts of many. For almost 40 years, Jake…
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To defend our country from “the enemy within” (unarmed, predominantly older white women), the $475,000,000 cost of National Guard and ICE deployment in Democratically-led…
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A few weeks ago I stood on a bridge with hundreds of patriotic Americans in protest of the murder of Renee Good. The vast majority of passersby honked their horns in support of…
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Now that the holidays are over, I just wanted to say thank you to the Boothbay Harbor community. This past Christmas and New Year’s felt so well done, and it didn’t go…
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In 429 BCE, two generals commanding an Athenian fleet met with civic leaders of Melos, an Aegean island. Though officially neutral in the Peloponnesian war, Melos was a colony…
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The recent front-page article highlighting Bigelow Laboratory’s work with the Boothbay Region Water District presents impressive science focused on water quality. The…
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First let me say that I am grateful for our postal employees, they are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances. And I raise these…
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All of us would agree that President Donald J. Trump is “a very aesthetic person.” One glance at his Oval Office makeover, with its self-adhesive gold flourishes, confirms his…
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Recent advertisements from the New England Consumer Alliance misrepresent Hannaford and undermine the very communities they claim to protect. In the…