I have enjoyed Portland’s many trails and parks since I could walk. We are privileged to live in a city where 95% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park, according to the Trust for Public Land, vastly exceeding the national average of 57%. That’s why I was so concerned when I heard […]
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Future Tri-For-a-Cure events must include safer traffic route plans | Letter
While benefiting a wonderful cause, more consideration needs to be given to local residents.
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Outraged by incineration of 500 tons of emergency food | Letter
How did we get here? An unconscionable act: the Trump administration incinerating 500 tons of food in a warehouse in Dubai, enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week, gone up in ash. How does this happen? Why does this happen? Our identity, our character traits of decency, compassion, humility and caring, are […]
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Susan Collins is bad for Mainers’ health | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services despite her “concerns” about his anti-vaccine policies because, she said, of deference to President Trump’s right to build his own governing team. Sen. Angus King voted against Kennedy’s confirmation, calling him “grossly unqualified” and a “danger” to public […]
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Saluting Maine restaurants’ unsung heroes | Letter
In ahem, retirement, I became a cheesemaker, the kind favoring French fromage on which I grew up. It took a while, but once I got the brie and camembert nailed, Fore Street Restaurant’s Sam Hayward welcomed it and I made them tres petit — individually sized in special molds — perfect for a premier restaurant’s […]
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It is not ‘left-leaning’ to report the truth | Letter
I cannot leave two letters unchallenged from writers who complained about the paper’s supposed “left-leaning” approach to news. One letter writer (“Left-leaning reading results in left-leaning readership,” July 17) says the paper and other media outlets have spent a decade “spewing disinformation and outright lies” about the conservative side and ignoring President Biden’s aging. The […]
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Maine must protect the environment — for everyone | Letter
Not all of us can afford to build multimillion-dollar shelters.
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Jared Golden deserves another term | Letter
Born in Maine, retired in Florida, UMaine (Orono) Class of ’72 and still a “Mainah” at heart, I support Jared Golden for Congress. Paul LePage paints Golden as a left-wing Democrat. Being a left-wing Democrat myself, I can assure voters that he is not. I often disagree with him, but that is to be expected […]
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A lost opportunity for listening at evening with Rep. Libby | Letter
At the protest in front of the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham, where Rep. Laurel Libby was speaking on July 15, one demonstrator held a sign that said “Dialogue, not Doxxing.” Although Rep. Libby likes to say she was censured for speaking her mind on the issue of transgender athletes, she was not censured […]
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At Rep. Libby event, who was free and who excluded? | Letter
On a humid July evening in Topsham, two opposing groups gathered outside Mt. Ararat Middle School. Inside, about 120 attended “Justice and Jazz,” an event hosted by Rep. Laurel Libby that focused on free speech and fairness in girls’ sports. Outside, 150 protesters waved Pride flags in support of transgender youth, underscoring a deep cultural […]