In his June 7 letter, Serge Abergel, director of media and external relations at Hydro-Quebec, seems to have it wrong in promulgating a recurring myth about New England Clean Energy Connect being “clean” power. Electrical power from Hydro Quebec is not clean. “Politicians who describe dams as ‘clean energy projects’ are talking ‘nonsense’ and rejecting […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine’s COVID response isn’t broken. Don’t fix it
‘The last thing we need right now is to interject partisan bickering’ by having the Legislature oversee the governor’s handling of the pandemic.
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Letter to the editor: In an officer’s eyes, the job is not an easy one
The vast number of people who are demanding the defunding or decimation of police budgets have little or no appreciation of what the police actually do in and for our society. I would like to submit just one scenario: As a young Portland Police sergeant, I was dispatched to an apartment on Clark Street in […]
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Letter to the editor: My father was a Maine cop – who despised brutality, force
‘What would he have said if he’d seen a fellow officer place his knee on the neck of another human being long enough to end their life?’
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Letter to the editor: Four hundred years, 8 minutes and 46 seconds
As artists and members of the Union of Maine Visual Artists, we vigorously condemn the murder of George Floyd. We extend our sympathies to Mr. Floyd’s family and friends and to all those in the black community who have lost loved ones at the hands of racist officers and vigilantes. We further stand in solidarity […]
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Letter to the editor: Thanks to Nemitz for clear-eyed view of Trump
Sincere thanks to columnist Bill Nemitz (“An open letter from Maine to the president who isn’t,” June 4) for his articulate and courageous expression of what those of us with open eyes and minds know to be the truth about the current “occupant” of the White House. Donald Trump is indeed, in Nemitz’s words, “a […]
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Letter to the editor: Long grocery lines reveal good neighbors
I am a 74-year-old male, whose body is busy collecting payback for abuse and broken bones I’ve impacted on my body over years of hard work and some times even harder play. As a result, I now shuffle along with my cane. One thing about needing a cane is you now have only one hand […]
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Letter to the editor: Where do we draw line in taking down monuments?
If the country is going to wipe away history by moving statues, like the one of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, why not remove the statues depicting Union or Confederate soldiers that are in every town square in every town and in every state? Why not carry it further by tearing down the Washington […]
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Letter to the editor: Carlson urged to leave rhetoric at home this summer
‘Despite lambasting our local media, supporting those defying our laws and defaming our governor,’ the Fox host ‘is reportedly obsessed by Maine.’
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Letter to the editor: Decline to sign petition for third Maine ranked-choice vote
Mainers have already decided in favor of ranked-choice voting and should decline to sign a petition for a third vote. Ranked-choice voting is a common-sense way to ensure a majority candidate in elections. Despite what detractors argue, it does not give voters multiple votes. It is the law of the land in Maine, decided by […]