David Newton misses the point in his May 2 letter (“One size fits all COVID rules wrong for Maine”). He states “we have not had nearly the dire response predicted” from the corona virus. The results aren’t as dire as predicted because of the stay at home order issued by the governor. Without that, it’s […]
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Letter to the Editor: Bad time for a tax hike in Freeport-area school district
This is not the time for RSU5 to be asking for yet another budget increase. Experts say that the financial impact of the shut down will be felt across this state and country for several years. Many of our neighbors have used all their savings and our now having to get in line for food […]
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Letter to the editor: Time bought by stay-at-home order was squandered
I remember living in Maine when then-Gov. Paul LePage attempted to quarantine a perfectly healthy nurse who had returned from Sierra Leone, where she had been treating Ebola patients. LePage’s heavy-handed, pompous and tone-deaf approach to handling a health crisis proved to be both ignorant and unconstitutional. Now in the process of moving back to […]
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Letter to the editor: Mills should explore quarantine options
Temperature checks, antibody tests and social distancing in dining rooms are far better than asking summer visitors to isolate for two weeks.
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Letter to the editor: Don’t let rising toll become our ‘new normal’
In 1962, when Nikita Khrushchev ordered nuclear missiles placed in Cuba, he told his advisers an old Russian story about the “cow in the kitchen.” Seems it was a terrible winter and an old farmer brought his cow into the kitchen to keep her warm. His wife was very upset and the neighbors were shocked. […]
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Another View: Maine election should be vote-by-mail
For the health of voters and election officials, the state should make sure everyone gets an absentee ballot.
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Letter to the editor: COVID limits are part of our nation’s history of sacrifices
Of course, everyone would like to see the country reopen and return to semi-normal. Other than the tragedy of Sept. 11, the majority of our population has not experienced times like this. I think of World War II, when our country was challenged to support our soldiers to keep the country safe. The citizens were […]
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Letter to the editor: Bethel brew pub owner doesn’t speak for other Maine restaurateurs
As a restaurant owner and businessman of 25 years in Maine, who is well known and active in the industry, I want to go on the record as stating that co-owner Rick Savage at the Sunday River Brew Pub in Bethel is wrong and what he did is against what we in this industry should […]
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Letter to the editor: Collins touts supposed victory while small businesses struggle
For federal loans to be forgiven under the terms of her relief bill, companies face tight deadlines to get back to and stay at full staff.
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Letter to the editor: COVID limits are working – that doesn’t mean we should lift them
I’m writing in response to a recent letter from Pamela Brant (May 6), who calls for lifting the quarantine restrictions, to highlight some of the logical fallacies that are cited in support of her opinion. Ms. Brant compares the death rates of COVID-19 with the death rates from cancer, and argues that since fewer people […]