Please join me in voting for John Kelleher this November for Scarborough school board. I met John this year when he started his bid for the school board. I have found John to be extremely approachable and willing to consider various points of view. John also has deep roots in Scarborough. Having lived here his […]
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Letter to the editor: Informed, committed Thompson merits another Portland school board term
I urge Portland voters to reelect Sarah Jordan Thompson to the Board of Public Education. Sarah’s institutional knowledge of our city and its schools, combined with an unparalleled work ethic regarding her at-large position on the board, is critical to the serious work facing Portland schools. She is the best candidate for this position. Sarah’s […]
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Letter to the editor: State’s vaccine guidance has backfired
Thank you for your the story “COVID-19 exacts a toll in Maine, shouldered largely by the state’s eldest” (Sept. 22). Hidden in plain site is the fact that the pandemic, which is ravaging our country, is fairly limited to specific populations. COVID mainly kills the elderly and those with other diseases. Ninety-one percent of deaths […]
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Letter to the editor: Letter writer was wrong about weather forecasts
I admire a recent writer’s loyalty to his local TV meteorologists (Letter to the editor, “Most Weather forecasts are all wet,” Sept. 20). He has followed and trusted weathercasters “over the years” even though he claims they “are wrong about 80 percent of the time.” He should assume the opposite of their forecasts; then he’d […]
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Letter to the Editor: Maine should not be Massachusetts’ extension cord
Central Maine Power’s electricity corridor is a bad deal for Maine for many reasons, and I believe that is why CMP, which has been ranked as the worst-run U.S. company for customer satisfaction, is spending millions of dollars on deceptive ads trying to confuse people and convince them to support something they know has been […]
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Letter to the editor: Mega-shelter would perpetuate homelessness
A proposed 200-bed shelter is the wrong way to respond to homelessness, a reader writes.
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Letter to the editor: Take a moment to consider vaccine message
Our choice of words can influence whether or not our friends and neighbors opt for the life-saving measure.
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Letter to the editor: Story stirs hope for closure in Portland teen’s disappearance
Thank you for your front-page story Sept. 19 on Cathy Moulton’s unsolved disappearance 50 years ago. Hopefully it will result in new information and a conclusion to this case. My family moved to Portland the weekend before school started in 1970. Deering High School could be a difficult place for a new kid. I was […]
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Letter to the editor: Executions have no place in the U.S.
The new government of Afghanistan has decided to resume executions. Undoubtedly, most of us view that practice by the Taliban as barbaric. We need to remember, however, that the United States is also a nation that practices capital punishment. But our executions are justified, you say, saved for the irredeemable? Death row inmates, like all […]
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Letter to the editor: Voter feels let down as Collins moves to the right
I voted for Susan Collins for her first term and have regretted it ever since. I’m a lifelong Democrat but admired William Cohen and Olympia Snowe. When she first ran for Senate in 1996, Ms. Collins was a young, energetic moderate who planned to limit herself to two terms. I thought she would follow in […]