In an Associated Press story published June 1 on Page B3, the Portland Press Herald reported that the shutdown of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts, could increase carbon emissions in the short term because of greater reliance on gas- and oil-burning plants. But in a couple of years, the New England Clean […]
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Letter to the editor: Lowering of flag a reminder of lives lost to shootings
Our nation’s response to these recurrent tragedies is symbolic when it should also be substantive.
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Letter to the editor: Maine Work Credit will help small businesses, too
Last year we transitioned our business, Rock City Coffee in Rockland, into an employee-owned cooperative. We did so because we value workers – and you know how hard it is for working folks to get by. Fortunately, our state Legislature’s Taxation Committee recently voted 10-1 to advance L.D. 1491, a bipartisan bill that would help […]
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Letter to the editor: Protect working waterfront – including intertidal lands
There was a Maine supreme court ruling a couple months ago that said that because seaweed isn’t a fish, it belongs to the person who lives nearby on the shore – like their trees. L.D. 1323 is the result of our elected legislators finally saying, “Wait a minute, people have been harvesting seaweed for centuries” […]
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Letter to the editor: Vital information missing from coverage of Buckner’s death
There were two notable omissions from the coverage in the Portland Press Herald of the death of Bill Buckner, the George Armstrong Custer of America’s national pastime. First, Boston manager John McNamara failed to insert a late-inning defensive substitution for the ailing Buckner. This seemingly inexplicable blunder has been popularly ascribed to sentimentality on the […]
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Letter to the editor: Accessible mental health care key to preventing suicide
I am being sent to Washington, D.C., from June 9 through 12 by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to advocate suicide awareness and prevention. I am a transgender man and a trauma survivor. I have struggled with suicide off and on since I was 12. The last time I struggled I had been hospitalized […]
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Letter to the editor: Tell legislators to stop proposed CMP power line
Two bills – L.D. 1383 and L.D. 1363 – would give those in affected towns a voice and local control in permitting decisions.
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Letter to the editor: Portland rally underscores dignity of all involved in opioid fight
I experienced a very moving event last Friday at the Rally for #Dignity at Monument Square. Seeing 354 individual puzzle pieces (created by those in recovery throughout our state over the last nine months), connected to create an 80-foot bigger story of hope and recovery from substance use disorder, was truly inspiring. Bringing The Opioid […]
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Letter to the editor: Pain patient loses access to effective nonopioid remedy
Southern Maine Health Care and Maine Medical Partners should allow the doctors they employ to prescribe medical marijuana.
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Letter to the editor: USM, SMCC speakers missed chance to raise the issue of climate change
I recently attended the University of Southern Maine and Southern Maine Community College graduations and, while proud of all my former students among the graduates, I was dismayed with the speakers. Presidents, guests and keynote speakers, even our new governor, all spoke of pride and accomplishment but not a single said the key words: climate […]