When your local school board does not want to hear from you, they make a last-minute change of venue. This is what happed to the Feb. 1 school board meeting. The policy for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students was up for a vote. A copy of the policy can be found under ACAAA on the […]
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Letter: Ukraine invasion drives rising energy costs
The CMP corridor would not have done a thing to prevent the drastic rise we have seen in energy costs. In fact, it would not have even been built yet. And even if it had been built, it would have only reduced electricity costs 15 cents per month for the average consumer a couple years […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Today’s press lacks crucial journalism
I miss the press. To be more accurate, I miss the presentation of facts, absence of opinion, absence of speculation. I don’t think anyone can argue that the way news is presented is like it was two or three decades ago. I was very young during Watergate and I have studied how it unfolded and […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Two suggestions for action on climate change
The recent letter by Rep. Sophie Warren (“Climate change solutions a priority in Legislature,” Jan. 20) cheered me on to no end. She is facing the climate crisis straight on and I feel confident she will not equivocate. At stake is a livable planet. Nature gives more than a hint: the number of billion-dollar climate-based […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Climate change solutions a priority in Legislature
Focusing on climate actions is a logical request for a town with five gorgeous beaches, the largest saltwater marsh in the state and numerous delicate wetlands, many of which are conserved by our local land trust. I am pleased to report that the new Speaker of the House, Rachael Talbot-Ross, the first Black woman ever […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Pine Grove Woods is safe and walkable again
Last weekend my husband and I walked in Pine Grove Woods in Falmouth and admired the forestry work which has recently been done there. We have lived near and enjoyed this area for over 40 years. We are delighted to have the area restored to a walkable and safe area for community use, including wildlife. […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Don’t let state take over CMP
The winter storm of Dec. 23 left nearly 300,000 Mainers without power. The employees and management of Central Maine Power deserve a hardy round of applause for their response. They planned well and were prepared with sufficient resources to address the devastating damage the high winds left in their wake. Also, they worked tirelessly through […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Ex-Marine sacrificed to ‘wokeism’
This year, one day after his perfunctory commemoration of Pearl Harbor, our president abandoned an ex-Marine – Paul Whelan – in a Russian penal colony. President Biden, instead, brokered the release of, as Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts emblazoned on Twitter, “a Black queer woman” who plays basketball. Brittney Griner was swapped for Viktor “Merchant […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Pine Grove now too depressing to visit
Thank you for your recent coverage of Pine Grove in Falmouth. I don’t walk there anymore because I find it too depressing. Being told the massive cutting was for our safety and the health of the forest just doesn’t make sense. It was a vibrant forest before the cutting with rich native understory and mixed-age […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, The Forecaster
Letter: Grateful for Westbrook couple’s tree donation
My congratulations and appreciation to Anne and Toby Nappi of Westbrook for their generous contribution of their magnificent fir tree, nurtured by them over these past 23 years and now gracing Portland’s Monument Square for the pleasure of us all. Thank you so much. Your Christmas will be merry. Loretta MacKinnon Yarmouth