Let’s hope contractors give Readfield good service

Letters to the Editor

Published
October 5, 2011

Let’s hope contractors give Readfield good service

In light of the recent vote to not retain the Public Works in Readfield, I only hope that local contractors who have politicked for this change will accept their responsibility to provide the town a fair service at a reasonable cost. I expect that the group voting for change will not cause my taxes to […]
Published
October 5, 2011

Lithgow Library’s turn to receive city’s help

The need to renovate and expand Lithgow Library is a development that should be taken as a piece of a larger consideration. Augusta residents more than 20 years ago recognized that the former City Hall no longer met the city’s needs, and that a newer, roomier facility was needed. City Center stands today as testimony […]
Published
October 5, 2011

Gardiner students clean up rail trail waste of others

I just spent my morning with a wonderful group of students from Gardiner Area High School, and I encourage everyone to spend time with young people like these. They spent their morning cutting sumac and alders, pulling weeds, pulling grass and disposing of twigs and clippings, all to make the Gardiner end of the Kennebec […]
Published
October 5, 2011

Leaders failed Girl Scouts in dog park project

Young folks (in this letter it’s the article about the Girl Scouts on Sept. 23 that moves me) have the drive to achieve success, and the completion of Augusta’s new dog place deserves praise. But young folks also need the guidance of mature adults who usually lead our inexperienced youth to understand the rules, regulations […]
Published
October 4, 2011

Maybe it’s time for US to keep low profile

My wife and I love Tony Bennett. At our wedding, we picked his version of “When Will the Bells Ring For Me?” as one of our songs. When we invite guests for dinner, we always cue up “Perfectly Frank” — a collection of Bennett interpretations of signature Frank Sinatra songs Recently, Bennett ruffled feathers by […]

Published
October 4, 2011

How many jobs will MPBN lose from funding cuts?

In a rather snarky editorial on Sept. 21, the newspaper suggested that MPBN should not resist a second funding cut of $46,526 on top of the $500,000 already taken from its $1.5 million allotment. The editorial points out that “the money not cut from its budget would have to come from somewhere else,” perhaps schools […]
Published
October 4, 2011

Renovate historic sites under rules in effect then

The reason historic buildings are not cost-efficient to restore is because of the enormous overhead involved with dealing and complying with governmental agencies. In fact, none of the buildings Anthony Ronzio mentioned in his column on Sept. 22 could have been built in the first place if those rules, mandates, taxes, inspectors and obstacles had […]
Published
October 3, 2011

GOP politicians act to deprive citizens of vote

I don’t want barriers to our citizens voting in the state of Maine. Republican politicians keep repeating the same line about fraud and “vulnerabilities” in Maine’s voting system, but those claims are misleading. Even the leading proponents of the change to curtail Maine voters, Secretary of State Charles Summers and Maine Republican Party chairman Charles […]
Published
October 3, 2011

Quimby’s land simply not national park-worthy

For more than 50 years, landowners large and small have willingly allowed access to old trails and roads for a few weeks in the winter for use by snowmobilers. Exceptions were areas with active logging operations; and these moved about every winter, creating no hardship to anyone, and they were easily detoured around. Now along […]
Published
October 3, 2011

HIV-infected MaineCare patients must join plan

As the physicians who oversaw Maine’s HIV Program, we would like to answer a recent letter that claims this program drew gays to move to Maine. The overwhelming source for the higher-than-predicted enrollment in the program was the federal requirement that people already with MaineCare insurance infected with HIV be enrolled in the new program. […]

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