Like many of us, I’ve been social distancing while preparing my boat for another season on our beautiful – if threatened – waters of Casco Bay. While the pandemic predominates our thoughts and news cycles, it is not the only threat we face: climate change and the warming of our Casco Bay waters continue, bringing […]
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Letter: Balentine should re-examine his faith in Trump
Sometimes I wonder whether John Balentine isn’t just trolling us. The other week he wrote he trusted President Trump to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. A few days later Trump recommended we all inject bleach. You’d think a regular opinion columnist might revisit that misplaced faith. Instead, Balentine plows full speed ahead, this week talking up […]
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Letter: Maine GOP has history of environmental protection rollbacks, too
Much appreciated was Edgar Allen Beem’s opinion piece (“Happy (belated) Earth Day!” April 29) offering the opportunity to reminisce on Earth Day and acknowledge the leadership of Maine’s environmental movement of the 60s and 70s by Republicans “Hoddy” Hildreth, Harry Richardson, Joe Sewall and Marion Fuller Brown. In this group might have been included Jon […]
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Letter: Balentine’s ‘blatant errors’ need to be corrected
I am writing my first letter to the editor to respectfully disagree with John Balentine’s blatant errors in his most recent column, “Lockdown madness must end May 1” (April 23). Politics aside, as COVID-19 is a novel virus, which means that no one has immunity, there is no herd immunity established yet. We are learning […]
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Letter: Greene the right choice for Cape in Democratic primary
Join me in voting for Sari Greene for Maine Senate in the July Democratic primary. I have known Sari for more than 30 years as a colleague, a business partner and a close friend. Her business acumen and accomplishments are impressive, as is her community activism and personal integrity. She is a visionary and a […]
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Letter: Vote Greene in primary for Senate District 29
My neighbor and friend, Sari Greene, is running for the Maine Senate to represent South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and part of Scarborough. I couldn’t be happier. Her list of qualifications stretches long and underscores a compelling blend of competence and compassion. Wrapped up in one dynamic candidate are entrepreneurial smarts, a deep understanding of technology, […]
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Letter: Reader disappointed in Balentine, disagrees about COVID-19
As a longtime independent, I read John Balentine’s column to get both sides. His most recent column leaves me disappointed (“Lockdown madness must end May 1,” April 24). He claims that the lockdown will kill more people than COVID-19. Where does this information come from? Nobody wants to get back to normal more than I […]
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Letter: Balentine spreads misinformation about pandemic
I find it appalling that The Forecaster would publish John Balentine’s latest column, full of misinformation about the critical medical situation now facing us – COVID-19. He calls our current shutdown of non-essential businesses and travel “government-imposed madness” and also demands that it end on May 1. Every reputable scientist and doctor in the country, […]
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Letter: Voting is more important than ever
Voting has never been more important or more of a gift than it is now. Almost 30 of my 50 years of voting have been in Harpswell. I remember my first trip to the Orr’s Island Schoolhouse to vote, where the sense of community was so obvious and welcoming. In recent elections I’ve been spending […]
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Letter: Balentine is right; the madness must soon end
I am writing to concur with John Balentine’s excellent column, “Lockdown madness must end May 1” (April 23). I personally think this whole pandemic and our response to it is way overblown. There is not a single person alive on this planet who had ever lived through such a nightmarish experience, the complete shutting down […]