Late-term abortions happen for a reason Regarding the April 21 letter to the editor by Stacy Veevers-Carter opposing the expansion of abortion access in our state: I also am a registered nurse, and I have a master’s degree in social work. I am retired but had many years of experience working with patients with life-threatening […]
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Letter to the editor: Lisbon migrants story well executed
John Terhune’s report about the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan migrants who went missing from a house in Lisbon was an example of exactly why local journalism is important (“Mystery around Lisbon migrants worries advocates,” April 9). Terhune went beyond the press releases, tracked down sources and took time to explain the issues. More kudos go to […]
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Letter to the editor: Moved by Melissa Kearns’ bravery
I want to thank you for publishing Melissa Kearns’ story last Sunday (“The priest broke his vows, she says. She’s breaking the silence,” April 16). How brave Melissa Kearns is to speak up and share her story about the most egregious of sexual predators. I can relate; I had a similar experience at 20 years […]
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Letter to the editor: Protect gender-affirming care in Maine
We are grandparents of a 15-year-old trans grandson. He lives in New Hampshire, a state which has four bills in the legislature targeting trans children. In fact, more than 400 such bills have been introduced in all but five states. This has not been an easy transition for our family, especially for his parents, who […]
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Letter to the editor: Food & Dining a satisfying banquet
What a wonderful Food & Dining section in Sunday’s April 16 paper. Tim Cebula’s article on Biddeford pizza maker Frank Coletti was hilarious, I appreciated Andrew Ross’ review of Dok Mali and comparing it to our recent eating experience there, and I loved Ben McCanna’s photographs for Christine Burns Rudalevige’s article about the Maine seaweed […]
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Letter to the editor: A system of publicly funded health care is the answer
In her April 9 column, Dr. Deborah Patten painted a disturbing picture of doctors suffering from burnout and “moral injury” – tension between business and professional responsibilities (“Maine Voices: Emphasis on revenue sabotages medical practices and hospitals”). This matters because our health depends on those doctors. Implementation of a publicly funded health care system covering […]
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Letter to the editor: Offended by cartoon on parole
I was shocked by last Sunday’s cartoon on the reinstatement of parole which, to me, caricatured incarcerated community members. Presenting fellow human beings as animals is an offensive, stigmatizing trope, used in ugly ways in American history to stoke fear of enslaved people fighting to gain their freedom, of Chinese, Italian and Jewish immigrants at […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine must oppose abortion extremism
Visitors to Maine often drive past a sign stating: “Welcome to Maine; the way life should be.” Radical abortion extremists make a mockery of that statement in their recent efforts to expand current abortion laws to include abortion up to birth. Maine abortion laws already include up-until-delivery abortions in cases of the mother’s health. Please […]
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Letters to the editor: Foreign money in elections; CMP corridor and climate change
Get foreign money out of elections Did you know that foreign governments and their entities can legally interfere in our election process? How? They are allowed to spend massive sums of money to promote their cause. Like most Mainers, prior to 2022, you would have assumed that this would violate election laws. That is the […]
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Letters to the editor: The right to die; CMP’s future
The right to die On March 15, The Times Record ran an op-ed piece by Christine Flowers which, in my opinion, belonged in the religion section. “Euthanasia may be seen as a form of kindness, but it’s not” is a Catholic’s rejection of a proposed Pennsylvania “death with dignity” bill working its way through that […]