I know it’s been fashionable lately to bash Central Maine Power, but I have a little different take. The other night it was a little breezy and about 1:30 a.m., we lost our power. Being on a somewhat remote service line, I expected the power to be out for some time. I called CMP at […]
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Letter to the editor: Seniors key part of Portland’s thriving arts scene
The Press Herald published a recent report about Portland’s support of the arts (Feb. 8). Theater, music and dance were all on the list. My guess is that a significant number of seniors are in the audience for these events. It would be great to give seniors credit for our contributions to the Portland area, […]
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Letter to the editor: Give Maine workers opportunities to save for retirement
As a state, Maine has the potential, under L.D. 594, An Act to Promote Individual Savings Accounts through a Public-Private Partnership, to be fiscally responsible for our own retirement security and financial independence. The average working Maine household has only $2,500 saved for retirement, according to AARP. I think most will agree that with the […]
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Letter to the editor: Utility trying to intimidate corridor opponents
Hiring a private investigator to tail anti-NECEC petitioners ‘is harassment, plain and simple,’ and CMP must not be allowed to get away with it.
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Letter to the editor: Trapping plan is only a short-term solution to rabies in Bath
As a Bath resident, I sympathize with fellow residents who love cute wild animals, but in discussing the rabies problem, we are talking about crazed animals that carry a disease that kills. People are part of the problem. Wildlife is more dense in urban areas because people provide them with food: bird feeders, pet food, […]
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Letter to the editor: Hypocrisy evident in newspaper’s response to cartoon controversies
Why was one artist banished for an expletive about a public figure, when another has been allowed to come back after promoting racist stereotypes?
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Letter to the editor: To win over millennials, Biden must make progressive policies a priority
For someone who barely advertised on Super Tuesday, and has minimal grassroots infrastructure or youth support, Joe Biden pulled off a surprising win over my preferred candidate, Bernie Sanders. There will be with an asterisk next to his name. He was not elected in a landslide; instead, it was a close election constituting a minority […]
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Letter to the editor: Reject challenge to presidential ranked-choice voting in Maine
“Insanity” is often defined as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” By that definition, the attempt by opponents of ranked-choice voting to force us to vote on this issue for the third time in five years is clearly insanity. Unfortunately, some have decided to challenge the law passed […]
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Letter to the editor: Who will write the COVID-19 ‘hits’?
Calling all writers and musicians! I propose a contest to share information about preventing the spread of coronavirus: 1) Check the facts at www.cdc.gov. 2) Put words to music and post them on YouTube. 3) share your creation via social media – including the Press Herald. Who wins? The song with the most “hits.” For […]
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Letter to the editor: Reich made no claims about ‘orgone accumulator’
Re: “On this date in Maine history: March 8,” by Joseph Owen: We appreciate your acknowledgment of this date and of some of Wilhelm Reich’s important contributions to the fields of psychoanalysis and body-oriented therapies; however, we must take issue with the repetition of baseless statements that Reich claimed the orgone energy accumulator could cure […]