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Letters to the Editor

Published
May 17, 2013

RSU 18 has worked hard to reduce costs

RSU 18 School Board members, parents, teachers and administrators have worked for months on next year's proposed budget, which strikes a balance between the ability to provide quality education and the need to control costs.
Published
May 16, 2013

Column overlooks key points of dental care gaps

As Dr. Jonathan Shenkin noted in his column (May 8) about dental care, a March report by the Pew Charitable Trusts included an error.
Published
May 16, 2013

Visit Arizona to learn destruction of pit mining

Two weeks ago, I was in Arizona and saw for myself what open pit mining does to the land.
Published
May 16, 2013

Thanks to man who found, returned envelope

I would like to say thank you so much to the man who returned an envelope he found at Bangor Savings Bank in Winslow.
Published
May 16, 2013

Background checks keep guns out of wrong hands

What possessed a father to purchase a rifle for his 5-year-old son? A boy that age doesn't know right from wrong, nor is he responsible enough to even have a gun.

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Published
May 16, 2013

Battle of the books ends in victory for Pittston students

The battle of the books is over, and the clear winners are the students of Pittston Consolidated School.
Published
May 16, 2013

Winthrop students make short work of big job

On Monday, several boys and girls from Winthrop High School descended with rakes from a big yellow school bus and attacked my yard.
Published
May 16, 2013

Spring in Augusta

A-h-h-h, spring in Augusta -- where the only thing springing up faster than daffodils and tulips are the taxes and "Home for Sale" signs.
Published
May 14, 2013

Stricter regulations needed for mining

My family operates a MOFGA-certified, organic farm in Whitefield, and I support legislation to place strict regulations on mining (L.D. 1302) because I cherish Maine's abundant-but-threatened supply of clean, fresh water.
Published
May 14, 2013

Latest battles in the war on women

In Philadelphia Dr. Kermit Gosnell ran an abortion clinic in which, according to testimony at his trial, live-born babies were murdered by having their spines snipped with scissors.