Expensive searches haven’t yielded lasting leadership, and recent faculty cuts are disruptive to everyone on campus.
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Letter to the editor: Maine’s expanded Good Samaritan law helps teens
I am thrilled to see the new language in Maine’s Good Samaritan law. It expands protection to include anyone who is “rendering aid,” which could include calling 911, administering CPR or simply keeping an eye on someone until help arrives. I am a drug and alcohol prevention specialist. I talk to teens in schools all […]
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Letter to the editor: Fallout unclear for Supreme Court’s liars
Years ago a friend found out – while applying for a job – that he needed a college degree. Not having one, he lied and said he did. He got the job. A number of months later, the company found that he had lied and fired him. Now it seems in order to become a […]
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Letter to the editor: We don’t need more red tape for selling used goods
Bipartisan legislation in Washington would raise the reporting threshold for online marketplaces, lifting an unneeded burden on Mainers and other Americans just trying to get by.
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Letter to the editor: Give college students relief on loan debt
Can we cancel the interest on federal student college loans? Our federal government should not make a profit from student college loans. Instead, each student should be paying only an administrative fee on their loans (which I expect will be reasonable), plus the amount they borrowed. Can this change be retroactive? Can all interest that […]
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Letter to the editor: Taliban, Republicans both favor limits on women
Recent news has brought to light the new Taliban edict in Afghanistan requiring women to wear full burqas, along with other mandates limiting schooling and other activities for women and girls. Pathetic. And here we are, in this country, on the verge of Republican-led efforts to limit women and girls from receiving reproductive health care, […]
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Letter to the editor: American women paying for Sen. Collins’ breach of trust
With the apparent demise of a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy, all American women, as African Americans before them, are now considered unequal under the law. Mainers and women across the U.S. have Sen. Susan Collins to thank for their loss of equality. It was Collins’ vote that propelled Brett Kavanaugh […]
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Letter to the editor: Support bill to make future federal laws apply to tribes in Maine
Maine U.S. Rep. Jared Golden is sponsoring HR 6707, the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act. If enacted, this bill would amend the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act to allow the Wabanaki tribes to benefit from future federal laws that apply to other federally recognized tribes. The House Natural Resources Committee will decide soon […]
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Letter to the editor: Face it – COVID is still a reality in Maine
With omicron spreading, containing the coronavirus will take getting booster shots, wearing masks, washing up and keeping our distance from one another.
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Letter to the editor: Cyclists need to report drivers who violate Maine’s 3-feet law
Kudos to June Sendrowski for her April 26 letter highlighting the law requiring drivers to allow at least 3 feet between their mirror and bicyclists. She nicely emphasized this means that drivers need to slow down until they do have 3 feet! A friend was recently traveling on her bike through Morrill’s Corner. She could […]