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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    February 14, 2012

    Missing wildlife pictures by photographer Molloy

    What’s happened to Andy Molloy’s wildlife pictures? I so enjoyed them. I have an album filled with his photos of wild creatures and songbirds. Now, all we get is people. Homo sapiens, large and small, we can see on any street corner. Let’s have some deer and eagles and foxes or even turkeys. Those photos […]

  • Published
    February 14, 2012

    Cony girls basketball deserves more coverage

    Seems to me that years ago when the New England Patriots were working on a perfect season that they were plastered all over the sports page. However, our own home town Cony girls basketball team is lucky to get a three-inch snippet on the sports page. The Kennebec Journal should give them what they deserve. […]

  • Published
    February 13, 2012

    Church can shame, not change sexual orientation

    What’s going to be the news on front page and above the fold this week in this paper? Priest turns lead into gold? That’s the level of science behind the Catholic Church’s plan to help people “overcome” attraction to others of the same sex with a new chapter of Courage (article, Feb. 3). Wouldn’t that […]

  • Published
    February 13, 2012

    Agencies that help children, families should be saved

    Gov. Paul LePage and some members of our state government want to gut the budget in ways that affect young children and families. Citizens of central Maine should stand up to retain nonprofits, which save our state money by educating and preventing numerous health risks and problems. For every $1 spent on prevention and early […]

  • Published
    February 13, 2012

    Only most sick, frail live in nursing homes today

    I am writing in response to the recent article headlined, “Study: Seniors need more help to age at home.” As a local long-term care administrator, I understand and appreciate consumer desire to stay at home as long as possible and I don’t disagree with the need for more community supports to foster this goal, as […]

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  • Published
    February 12, 2012

    Nuns’ ghosts may be paying Devine a visit

    I found J.P. Devine's concern for homeless ghosts following the demolition of St. Francis Church to be touching (column, Feb. 5), though he need not worry.

  • Published
    February 12, 2012

    Catholics not only ones against Obama mandate

    I was certainly floored by the audacity of Gay Grant’s letter (“Bishops should not insert politics into Mass,” Feb. 4). What a slur against our Bishop Richard Malone and church teaching. Does she actually think the church has no business informing its people about something so inherently evil as this Obama mandate? This is especially […]

  • Published
    February 12, 2012

    Fund for Healthy Maine helps business climate

    The LePage administration has made improving the business climate in Maine a priority. The governor has signed regulatory reform into law, established a small-business advocate and declared that Maine is open for business. These are significant steps forward. That’s why I’m so confounded by the governor’s proposal to raid the Fund for Healthy Maine, which […]

  • Published
    February 12, 2012

    Nuns’ ghosts may be paying a visit to Devine

    I found J.P. Devine’s concern for homeless ghosts following the demolition of St. Francis Church to be touching (column, Feb. 5), though he need not worry. Immediately following the final Mass, I posted Devine’s home address prominently on all the walls of the church, hall and rectory. Even though he attended parochial school elsewhere, I […]

  • Published
    February 11, 2012

    Maine’s workers’ comp system one of US best

    In its 2011 report to the Legislature, the Workers’ Compensation Board called Maine’s system “one of the more stable workers’ compensation systems in the country.” The frequency of claims here is low, compensation rates have been reduced by 53 percent since 1993, the Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Co. recently paid a dividend to businesses and […]