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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    September 1, 2012

    Joseph Sporting Goods thanks its loyal customers

    A very big thank-you to all our customers and friends, who walked upon our wooden floors and kept us in business for so many years. Thank you for bringing your friends and family to shop the never-ending myriad of quality merchandise. We appreciate every moment of our 66 years helping you find the perfect item.

  • Published
    September 1, 2012

    Easy-hearted people: Beware of scammers

    Caution to the easy-hearted people who could fall prey to a scammer: The latest scam we have discovered comes from an ad in the classifieds of this newspaper, which, by the way, was made aware of the scam and pulled the ad.

  • Published
    August 31, 2012

    Fairer taxes mean we all can do better together

    Sometimes, to hear certain politicians talk, it would seem that taxes are collected on a whim -- as if they don't actually pay for important services that we all rely on. From roads to schools to medical research, taxes are the way we pay for the things we've decided to do together.

  • Published
    August 31, 2012

    What kind of custodian would you have been?

    A person entrusted with guarding or maintain a property;

  • Published
    August 30, 2012

    Corporate lust produced east-west highway plan

    It feels as though a line has been drawn in the sand. As corporate lust for a highway corridor through Maine grows, the mantra of "jobs, jobs, jobs" merely becomes a blanket of platitude obscuring the details of this unprecedented disruption and take-over of peoples' lives and land.

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  • Published
    August 30, 2012

    Obama administration places itself above God

    There has been a powerful ad on EWTN (Catholic TV) for some time. It talks about critical social issues, e.g. infanticide (abortion), wholesome marriage, etc.

  • Published
    August 30, 2012

    Liberal political rants by educators nothing new

    The superintendent of Brunswick schools, Paul Perzanoski, has a great idea; and the Augusta superintendent, Connie Brown, backs him up. Let's send out a political rant to welcome back the Brunswick teachers and let's do it on the taxpayers' dime.

  • Published
    August 29, 2012

    Stop bellowing slogans; start acting like adults

    Yesterday an 11-12-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan named Rimsha Masih was jailed for allegedly burning pages of the Koran while sweeping a facility in a slum near Islamabad.

  • Published
    August 29, 2012

    Declaration of conscience needed for LePage

    Sixty-two years ago Sen. Margaret Chase-Smith, in her Declaration of Conscience speech, denounced Senate bully Joseph McCarthy for misleading our nation and contributing to the partisanship that derailed the United States from addressing the serious issues of the day. McCarthy gradually lost traction in the Senate and our nation's elected officials began to work on the legislation necessary to get our country back on track.

  • Published
    August 29, 2012

    Government shouldn’t discriminate on marriage

    I like the points Melody Weeks made in the Aug. 12 letters to the editor. You don't have to be prejudiced to deny the right to marry to everyone. There are two thoughts to consider.