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PublishedJune 15, 2012
Railroads more efficient for freight than trucks
Construction of a four-lane toll highway across Maine to get freight from Calais to Coburn Gore doesn't make sense.
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PublishedJune 15, 2012
Legislature beat expectations
When a new Republican majority was sworn into office a year and a half ago, few really knew what to expect. Could a group of legislators who hadn't been in the majority for nearly four decades govern? Could we overcome the partisan bickering and gridlock that had ruled the day under Democrat control? Could the new majority work with the minority party to tackle Maine's most pressing problems?
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PublishedJune 15, 2012
Senior discount no-brainer for veterinarian care
I totally agree with Joyce Turcotte (letter, June 9, "Hey local veterinarians: how about a senior discount?").
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
Foreign driver says ‘Sorry’ for making Mainers angry
Bonjour, I’m from Quebec. On my way to a Rotary Conference District in Belfast on June 1, I drove through Waterville. As I was leaving the city, I made a quick move to go on the left and, by doing so, I came in front of a woman who was not expecting my late move. […]
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
High school senior nailed essence of Memorial Day
Does America have a future? We sure do! After reading so much bad news, along comes Helen Call’s Maine Compass about respect for our veterans’ sacrifice (June 7). Wow! What an articulate, well-written and reasoned opinion, not by a seasoned journalist, but by a high school senior. An opinion she put forward, even though she […]
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
Compass about landmark church was beautiful
Marilyn Canavan’s Compass (May 28) in the Morning Sentinel about St. Francis de Sales Church was beautiful. It should make people think. We destroy our landmarks. St. Francis de Sales is a landmark in the city of Waterville. I now live in Fairfield, but I was brought up in Waterville and St. Francis was our […]
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
Lots of other places to put new city police station
I cannot believe that enough Waterville city councilors agreed to put a multimillion-dollar police station in a known flood zone. The flood insurance cost for such a thing has to be well over $150,000 per year and maybe even more. As a private citizen, I never would be allowed to build in Head of Falls […]
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
Wondering why bus driver didn’t stop, let cars pass
What happened to the courtesy school bus drivers used to have? They used to pull over if several cars, sometimes even one car, were behind them. I have had to follow a school bus on Route 100 several times coming home in the afternoon. Sometimes as many as eight vehicles stacked behind him, and yet […]
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
Maine employees should be treated with respect
Gov. Paul LePage’s remark about unions costing the citizens of the state of Maine money is hogwash. He seems to want to keep frontline employees in state government and Maine at a poverty level while asking them to carry more financial burdens. He should, instead, try reining in the real expenses and stop picking on […]
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PublishedJune 14, 2012
Demonstrating for freedom to deny others freedom?
I saw the front page picture on June 9 of people standing up for religious freedom. What a noble cause! Then I read the story and found that they were demonstrating for the freedom to deny others the freedom to have certain health care coverage. We do live in strange times. Bill Williamson Jefferson
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