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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Good daycare is vital for kids’ development

    In the May 28 letter concerning working moms, the writer supports working mothers and then adds, "A qualified day care situation and/or pre-school education, helps in the development of the young child."

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Cutting drug program would be ‘devastating’

    Many older Mainers are struggling with the rising costs of food, health care and basic, everyday expenses. Imagine not having money to heat your home in the winter. Imagine having to choose between food and life-saving medication. Maine's Drugs for the Elderly program (DEL) helps pay for prescription drugs for low-income Mainers who are 62 or older and not yet eligible for Medicare. The proposed elimination of the DEL to help balance Maine's budget will be nothing short of devastating to the 80,000 individuals in the program. The state has alternatives. At-risk seniors and the disabled do not.

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Vote no today at polls on $1.5M RSU 38 budget

    Taxpayers of Regional School Unit 38 (Readfield, Manchester, Wayne, Fayette), please go the polls today and vote down the abusive budget proposal by RSU 38.

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Climate change has effecton state’s economy

    The article "Climate Change Throws Forest Industry a Curve," (May 12), summarized the negative impact climate change will have on Maine's forest products, our largest manufacturing industry.

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Take part in today’s Chelsea charter vote

    A charter by definition is a formal written statement describing the rights and responsibilities of a group. It further states the aims, principles and procedures of the organization.

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  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Mainers already have paid much for state employees

    Since 2009 some of the most utilized tools for the Legislature to balance state budgets were to freeze merit and longevity pay for state employees and make those employees pay more of their health insurance costs.

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    Voting no in RSU 38? See you volunteering

    Thank you to the Maranacook school board and administration for their countless hours creating a budget responsive to student and taxpayer needs. Thank you to Maranacook teachers who worked for nearly two academic years without a contract or step change.

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    SAD 49 voters should support the school budget

    I urge voters in Albion, Benton, Clinton, and Fairfield to support the MSAD 49 budget today. Voting will take place in municipal polling places in each of the towns.

  • Published
    June 11, 2013

    So it’s Cabela’s fault Leighton shot mother?

    It never ceases to amaze me how people do not have to take responsibility for what they do, as long as they have someone else to blame.

  • Published
    June 9, 2013

    Laptops for students would help fill jobs gap

    Gov. Paul LePage has considered defunding Maine's school laptop program during years when children learn the fastest.

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