Heather Martin dares to dream an enlightened, educational dream. Parents of the pandemic, struggling with online education at home, will most likely embrace it. I taught for over 30 years in public secondary schools, and just this morning spent some time with a mentor who taught me most of what I needed to be a […]
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Letter: Reader invites Balentine to perform an experiment
According to John Balentine’s most recent column (“Follow the science and reopen schools,” July 24), “… kids (are) resistant to COVID-19 …” If Mr. Balentine believes this statement and, therefore, schools should reopen in the midst of the pandemic, I should like to suggest we employ a simple experiment to prove or disprove his thesis. […]
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Letter: Falmouth residents deserve recognition for heart project
In response to the article written in The Forecaster on July 2 (“Local group conducts heartfelt fundraiser for Falmouth Food Pantry”), we were saddened to see that some key members in the project were omitted. Longtime Falmouth residents Kathryn and Tim Tolford have both worked tirelessly in conjunction with us to make this project come […]
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Letter: Mills earned thanks for leading Maine through pandemic
On a recent drive from New Hampshire’s Lakes Region through Limington, Maine, I was dismayed to pass a sign along the highway that said, “Hey Janet, it’s a governorship, not a dictatorship. Open Maine Now!!” Oka-a-a-ay. So whoever espouses these sentiments would rather Mills followed the precedent of governors like Brian Kemp or Ron DeSantos? […]
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Letter: Falmouth needs to do more to help low-income residents
I read a recent article about efforts by the Falmouth Town Council to address the disparity in policing. I stopped, stunned, at learning the town has only 13 Black residents (0.1% of 12,224). It made me think the council should probably address a much more important problem than discriminatory policing: the policies that exclude those […]
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Letter: Trump’s on the side of love, Beem on the side of hate
Dear Mr. Beem: I have Trump-Pence yard signs. I have a Trump-Pence flag. I have a MAGA hat. And I have a master’s degree from Boston College. And I am an owner of a Maine company that employs over 120 people. And I am not alone. Let me tell you why I believe Trump will […]
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Letter: Party affiliation in local, state elections needs to end
I don’t generally send letters in response to letters. However, the sentiments expressed by Newell Augur (July 2) bear reiteration. I couldn’t agree more with his assessments of the recent partisan landscape around local elections. It is almost tragic that political affiliation or loyalty would be seen as indicative of any candidate’s suitability for serving […]
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Letter: Trump supporters are not members of a cult
In response to Mr. Beem’s opinion that Trump supporters are a “cult,” not a political party anymore, just sticks in my craw (July 9, “What do Trump-Pence signs mean?”). Sixty-three million people voted for President Trump and thousands of people who voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 voted for Trump. Apparently they were not […]
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Forum: Patients need to see health care prices to shop for better value
Would you pull into a gas station and fill your tank if you couldn’t know the price of gas? What if the attendant said he didn’t know the price either, but recommended you go ahead and fill up, and his company would send you a bill later? Of course not. No consumer would tolerate this […]
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Letter: Reader takes Balentine to task for BLM column
Like your most reasonable columnist, John Balentine, I scoff at the idea that President Trump is a racist, as BLM folks say he is. This means that “the garish and obnoxious, blindingly bright yellow” block letters they paint on streets are pointless (July 10, “BLM mural sends the wrong message”). It is bad enough that […]