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Letter: Reelect Carney to serve in Maine Senate

I’m writing to endorse Anne Carney for reelection to the Maine State Senate. Anne has done genuine good for Forecaster readers by advocating for smart, effective changes in areas that matter to us – education, health care, environmental integrity, civil rights and economic responsibility. Legislation Anne initiated provides quality health care, most of it federally […]

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Letter: State Senate candidate Pierce has long list of significant accomplishments

Join me in electing Teresa Pierce to State Senate District 25. Teresa is a seasoned leader with significant accomplishments at the municipal level and during eight years representing (most of) Falmouth in the Statehouse. As House chair of appropriations, Teresa worked to: make permanent an increase to the property tax fairness credit for 100,000 Mainers; […]

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Letter: Discard outdated COVID rules, pandemic is over

I was infuriated to learn that Maine State Music Theatre was forced to cancel an entire production due to the Actors’ Equity union’s monitoring of positive COVID tests. Even though the affected actors were obviously not on the stage spewing germs into the audience and experienced very mild or no symptoms, the show still had […]

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Letter: A different perspective on microagressions

Abdi Nor Iftin’s excellent microaggression column rang a bell in my head (“Through My Lens: Verbal microagressions are common and painful,” July 8). I’m tired of women and non-white people talking about the “white man problem” in this country. Sometimes I’ll be walking down Centre Street or Washington Avenue in Bath and some woman will […]

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Letter: Questions reflect curiosity, respect for people

After reading the column about verbal microaggressions, I am stunned (“Through My Lens: Verbal microagressions are common and painful,” July 6). It has gotten to the point that most anything a person says is sure to somehow offend another person. I can’t understand how “Where are you from?” turned into a bad question. I am […]