While recently ripping up a December issue of The Forecaster to start a fire in my woodstove, I read with deep dismay of Abdi Nor Iftin’s decision to step back for a while from writing the columns that routinely appeared in this paper. Let’s be clear about one thing: Abdi has every right to live […]
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Letter: Cumberland School Board shouldn’t control roads
Because I oppose any attempt to speed up traffic flow through the center of town simply to avoid a few minutes’ travel delay, with a resultant loss of the walking/biking lanes, the increased safety risk to the many children who cross Main Street there, and the harm to be suffered to homeowners’ property, I attended […]
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Letter: Yarmouth residents should vote on dam removal
Just read most recent article “Yarmouth approves Royal River Dam removal.” I thought I was abreast of all of the back and forth regarding this. I thought the residents of Yarmouth either voted or would be voting on this monumental decision for this town. We should have a vote. So you had the Army Corps […]
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Letter: Thank you to Falmouth for pesticide ordinance
As a Falmouth resident, I am writing to thank the Falmouth Conservation Commission for recommending, and the Falmouth Town Council for considering for adoption this February, an ordinance to impose limits on the use of lawn pesticides, similar to the ordinances passed by neighboring municipalities. The environmental and health benefits that will follow by limiting […]
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Letter: Falmouth pesticide ordinance is unconstitutional
The pesticide ordinance actions of the Falmouth Town Council remind me of grievances expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence: “… We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define […]
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Letter: Gun safety should concern all Mainers
On Wednesday, Dec. 18, multiple shots were fired outside a Maine Mall restaurant. On this same Wednesday, I was at the Maine Mall with my daughter, enjoying gift shopping and time together. Just in recent days this has been the news: Dec. 17: Man critically injured in Lewiston shooting. Dec. 18: Multiple shots fired outside […]
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Letter: Why EV chargers without a gas station in Cumberland?
Why is the town of Cumberland planning to install EV charging stations at the library using citizens’ tax dollars? This doesn’t seem to be the type of business the town should be in, or does the school need a place to charge their proposed electric buses? It is a slap in the face to the […]
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Letter: Falmouth’s proposed pesticide ordinance is unfair
The town of Falmouth’s Conservation Commission has put forward an ordinance which will ban commercial applicators of fertilizers from using non-organic products on residential lots. Town-owned areas including school athletic fields and all golf courses will be exempt from the proposed regulations. It is unfair that the town is attempting to create a dual structure […]
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Letter: Iftin has much to offer local readers, community
We are dismayed to read on Dec. 5 that The Forecaster will not be running a regular column from Abdi Nor Iftin for the foreseeable future. “Through My Lens” is our favorite column. It tells us how one of our immigrant neighbors is experiencing life, and it makes us think about Maine, the USA, and […]
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Letter: Backlash to Iftin is an opportunity to reflect
I felt great sadness reading Abdi Nor Iftin’s recent opinion piece, sharing that he will be stepping back from contributing to The Forecaster, not due to a loss of love for writing, but because of hostile, bigoted and racist attacks he received on social media and by email for his article following the November election. […]