I wish to remind every elected official – from councilor and selectman to the senators and representatives in Augusta and Washington, D.C. – that they were elected not because they know more or are smarter than I am; they were elected because they promised to represent me. They pledged to educate themselves about policies and […]
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Letter to the editor: Leadership record at Unity is cause for concern
When talking to Unity town officials, the president of Unity Environmental University may be misrepresenting the details of the proposal to house refugees on campus.
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Letter to the editor: Unity College plan flawed, unreasonable
The confederacy of dunces who closed their eyes to the obvious lack of housing and basic services to accommodate vulnerable migrants should required to wear their dunce caps in public. Now they want to dump the problem they created in somebody else’s lap – out of sight and out of mind 90 miles away (“Portland […]
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Letter to the editor: We’re not doing enough to curtail plastic waste
“I have one word for you: plastics.” In 1967, the movie “The Graduate” came out. The main character, played by a very young Dustin Hoffman, was given advice on how the future was in plastics. Sixty years later, look at what that has led to around the planet. Plastics suffocate our waterways and oceans and […]
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Letter to the editor: Supporting immigration comes at a cost
A commentary that calls for welcoming people to this country overlooks the expense of housing them and educating children who don’t speak English.
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Letter to the editor: Possibility of Teamsters strike highlights vulnerability of towns
With regard to the current standoff between UPS and the Teamsters union, it’s not just about package delivery. If the union goes on strike, it will be inconvenient, but UPS customers will use the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. When public-sector workers go on strike, their customers have nowhere else to go. They are negotiating […]
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Letter to the editor: Solar debate wrongly overlooks deforestation
In a June 18 op-ed (“Get the facts straight when debating solar programs”), Prof. John F. Gardner lectured us on the benefits of solar power. Unfortunately, he avoids other facts about the industry. Through the photosynthesis process, forests are great filters of carbon dioxide and producers of oxygen. The management of forests for carbon sequestration […]
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Letter to the editor: Let’s get flavored tobacco out of Maine
I’m writing in support of L.D. 1215, An Act to End the Sale of Flavored Tobacco. As a reproductive health care provider at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, I know the effect of tobacco use on reproductive health, and I know that the vast majority of young people who use tobacco products start with […]
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Letter to the editor: Congress must enact carbon pricing
We are breathing polluted air from Canadian fires now. Forest fires in Maine may create our very own local air pollution.
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Letter to the editor: Sending cluster bombs to Ukraine is appalling
President Biden’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine is horrifying. They kill civilians when launched and even years later from scraps. The U.K. understands this great threat to civilians in war zones and opposes cluster bombs. Peg Cruikshank Scarborough