As a primary care doctor, I see just how devastating tobacco use and nicotine addiction are for my patients. In fact, tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Maine. It claims more than 2,400 lives every year. But one program is working to reduce that number. Maine’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs, […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Letter: Our childish president needs to grow up
As a retired middle school administrator and a veteran of more than 30 years, working with adolescents, I watched the Feb. 21 interaction between our president of the United States and our governor, Janet Mills, with a mix of nostalgia and shock. Nostalgia because I truly enjoyed working with these young adolescents as they struggled […]
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Letter: Don’t forget the Statue of Liberty’s message
Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” as engraved on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty, states in part: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Let us […]
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Letter: Are readers engaged by birthdays of the day?
Longtime subscriber here. I love my newspaper but I like having a local, independent newspaper written by local journalists more, and so I understand the changes the Maine Trust is making. But while they’re looking at things, here’s something I’ve noticed: in the “Today’s Birthdays” section on Page 2, at the bottom of the “Today’s […]
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Letter: Science does not support a younger voting age
I applaud Madolyn Roy for her initiative and well-written argument in favor of lowering the voting age for Maine’s state and local elections (“Lower the voting age for the good of Maine”). However, her suggestion that science supports her argument does not appear to me to be correct. Ms. Roy mentions unspecified studies describing “cold” […]
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Letter: Where am I supposed to get my eggs?
As a Maine hospitality industry food service professional tasked with procurement of roughly 130,000 shell eggs this coming season, I am worried about two things: Will there be an adequate supply available from my sole vendor to accommodate our guests? And, how can I react to egg prices and other staples, with some egg prices […]
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Letter: ‘Hail and farewell, Thomas Moser’
Maine and the country are the poorer for the loss of Thomas Moser. He was not only a superb craftsman, he was a warm, open-hearted human being. Thirty odd years ago my wife and I visited his business and, when he learned my wife had a small wood-crafting business (Carol’s Woodcrafts) in Los Angeles, he […]
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Letter: Saddened by the Trump presidency
It’s pretty sad when the president of a free country is betraying Ukraine, a country fighting for freedom. The president is defending a country that is an enemy of freedom, as seen in the imprisonment and killing of its political opponents and desire to expand its territory. The president is also betraying our European allies, […]
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Letter: Explaining community solar savings
The benefits are there, but the billing process is complicated.
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Letter: We must demand mental health fitness of our leaders
Americans deserve every assurance that candidates seeking or holding a position within the executive branches of our government possess the necessary health to carry out the leadership demands expected of the most powerful positions in global politics. Prospective candidates, as well as sitting office-holders, must, going forward, be administered independent, comprehensive health exams that ensure […]