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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    September 24, 2013

    Jails should return to county control

    I'd like to respond to the article pertaining to Somerset County's exclusion from the task force to study the "One Maine One System" corrections fiasco ("Somerset's omission from panel slammed," Sept. 8).

  • Published
    September 23, 2013

    Volunteer drivers a big help to veterans

    I want to thank Rep. Lori Fowle, D-Vassalboro, and Sen. John Patrick, D-Oxford, for sponsoring L.D. 169, which supports veterans of Maine.

  • Published
    September 23, 2013

    US history offers hints about foreign intervention

    The big question of the day seems to be: "Should the USA intervene in other countries' civil wars?" Should we help the government quash the rebels, or should we help the rebels overthrow the government? Who are the good guys and who are wearing the black hats?

  • Published
    September 23, 2013

    Letter on gun control misses the mark

    My heart goes out to all who were touched by what took place in Newtown, Conn., but let me remind you the carnage was done by a mentally diseased madman inspired by computer games supplied to him by his mother, whom he murdered, the same person who introduced his sick mind to firearms. The number […]

  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Robots at fault for many American job losses

    I was watching "60 Minutes" on CBS on Sept. 8. It has been some time since I watched that show, but that one really caught my interest.

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  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Loss of federal funding doomed Halcyon House

    We appreciate your thoughtful opinion expressed about the closing of the Halcyon House Emergency Shelter for Youth ("Loss of shelter will be costly in different way," Sept. 10). The shelter has been a safe place for hundreds of youths for more than 30 years and has been a focus of fundraising efforts over those decades.

  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Changes to insurance painful to the elderly

    My husband, a licensed clinical professional counselor, traveled to area nursing homes several times a week to visit with residents for various reasons, mostly depression.

  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Who will be the voice for the nation’s unborn?

    A while back kittens were found in a dumpster. They were covered with maggots, some had died. There was such an outcry for these kittens: "How could anyone have done this?"

  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Maine shouldn’t abandon Common Core standards

    I support Maine's adoption of the Common Core State Standards in mathematics. Maine is one of 45 states that have adopted these standards for K-12 students. Some people want to back away from these new standards. That would be a mistake. I am an educator with 30 years' experience teaching math in the public schools, including nine as an elementary mathematics specialist.

  • Published
    September 21, 2013

    Economic disparity a bigger threat than war

    Prior to the president's speech last week, Brian Williams reported statistics that I believe bodes worse for our freedom and national security than anything we might anticipate from the Middle East caldron of continuous calamity.

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