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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    May 30, 2013

    Police must start watching South Solon Road speeds

    Please (county and state police) start watching South Solon Road. It is a narrow and curvy road frequented by speeders. You can park in my driveway, but it will be better if you park at the end of the end of Padham Road. If you want to catch speeders going at least 20 mph over the limit, you can snag them all day without stop. It's likely that many of your catches will be for 30-plus offenses (or higher).

  • Published
    May 30, 2013

    Concealed weaponsa necessary right

    I recently read the article "Maine police chiefs: Keep gun permit requirements." In their tireless pursuit to keep us all safe, police sometimes cross the line. In doing so they are just doing their jobs, but it's our jobs as citizens to tell them where the line is.

  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    New law offers hopefor reducing teen suicide

    Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Maine's youth. It is important that we all work together to do whatever we can to help protect our state's most vulnerable citizens.

  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    Fredette quote alluded to Caesar, not Greeks

    In the May 22 paper in an article on the expansion of Medicaid, Newport Republican Kenneth Fredette said, "The die Is cast" -- in Latin, "Alea iacta est" -- and your writer Steve Mistler attributed it to a civil war in ancient Greece.

  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    Vandals frustrated effort to improve playground

    A small group of city officials and ordinary citizens have held open meetings for some months now to update Waterville's Comprehensive Plan. We've been looking at what the city needs and how those needs can best be met in spite of the difficult economy.

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  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    Junk-food debate exposes dumbed-down electorate

    I'm solidly on board with the bill sponsored by Sen. Roger Katz restricting certain junk foods from purchase using food stamps. A Portland recipient objects, lamenting parents not being allowed to buy their children a candy bar or lollipop "now and then." The problem is now and then -- throughout the day.

  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    Readfield could take pridein cooperating on charter

    I have been a resident of Readfield for so many years, sometimes I think I could declare ownership of this special town; thus, it troubles me when there seems to be dissension in the ranks.

  • Published
    May 29, 2013

    Junk-food debate unveils dumbed-down electorate

    I'm solidly on board with the bill sponsored by Sen. Roger Katz restricting certain junk foods from purchase using food stamps. A Portland recipient objects, lamenting parents not being allowed to buy their children a candy bar or lollipop "now and then." The problem is now and then -- throughout the day.

  • Published
    May 28, 2013

    PTSD a medical problem, shouldn’t be a legal one

    What is the treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? No one really knows, not even the VA.

  • Published
    May 28, 2013

    Lobster thief crushes hopes of 8-year-old girl

    My 8-year-old granddaughter talked her dad into getting a non-commercial lobster license.