Please join me in supporting Heather Abbott and David Craig for Yarmouth Town Council on June 8. Both candidates are proven leaders committed to their Yarmouth neighbors and community. I have known both David and Heather for years. Both candidates are tireless workers and selfless advocates for our community. David’s tenure on the Town Council […]
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Letter: Balentine’s columns are mostly sour tripe
I skimmed John Balentine’s opinion article on the reasons for skepticism about the virus stats, looking for the nutmeat. (“View virus stats with a raised eyebrow,” April 9). There was none. Cute, sarcastic, accusatory, yes. A mixed bag of fact-bits, a couple of anecdotes – all drawn from a serious set of statistics that helps […]
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Letter: New Mainers can benefit from winter programs
I completely sympathize with Abdi Nor Iftin’s plight expressed in his opinion on March 4, “Immigrants need more access to winter sports.” For new Mainers, Maine winters are hard enough without the additional difficulty of learning new and sometimes expensive sports in the bitter cold. Add to that the challenge of “skiing while Black” or […]
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Letter: Support Segrist for Cumberland Town Council
I am writing in support of Mark Segrist for Cumberland Town Council (Cumberland Foreside). I was introduced to Mark through his wife, Angela, who is the founder of Maine Needs. As an international trade and customs attorney, Mark also actively gives back to our greater community as a volunteer with Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project and, […]
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Letter: North Yarmouth residents urged to attend Town Meeting
Change is happening in North Yarmouth and we, as a community, need to prepare for it. Many people want to move here and private landowners have the right to sell their land to whomever they choose. We need to pass the recommended Land Use Ordinance Amendments at the April 24 Town Meeting to be proactive […]
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Letter: Maine senators need to approve For the People Act
Will Susan Collins and Angus King be on the right side of history when the Senate votes on the For the People Act (which, according to Wikipedia, will “strengthen voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, limit partisan gerrymandering and create new ethics rules for lobbyists and federal […]
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Letter: Teachers don’t belong on school boards
As with the town of Bowdoin in the MSAD 75 district next month, there are school board elections occurring across the state in which communities must decide between handing the keys over to a national teacher union or build a school board comprised of objective non-conflicted members that prioritize the kids and taxpayers in their […]
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Letter: Bill would give towns power to limit guns at the polls
During the last year we have seen that government buildings are not the safe places we once thought they were. Individuals have used firearms not to protect, but to bully and intimidate. A proposal in the Legislature, LD 805, seeks to authorize municipal clerks to prohibit guns from polling places in their communities. State law […]
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Letter: Falmouth sewer line proposal violates agreement
The town of Falmouth is considering a plan to accommodate sewage from West Falmouth that goes beyond the agreements made in 1986 with the Woodlands Association. The plan designed in 2017 was to go through the Central Maine Power corridor along the sides of the Woodville and Woods roads and is not in violation. But […]
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Letter: Sometimes the simplest approach to a problem is the best
“It’s like déjà vu all over again” when Mr. Balentine pretends to be a “so-called health expert” (“View virus stats with a raised eyebrow,” April 9). He writes “But skeptics are right to question the statistics put forth by so-called health experts … They’re the liars … (who) are using statistics to paralyze our state […]