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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    December 29, 2011

    Any Republican candidate preferable to Obama

    Joyce Bushey's Dec. 8 letter wonders how many religious people will vote for Newt Gingrich (because of his personal infidelities), if he is chosen to run against Barack Obama? I can't speak for others, but that choice is a no-brainer for this Christian.

  • Published
    December 29, 2011

    Keep the faith, but share it, too

    Today it is in vogue to attack organized religions, particularly Christianity and the Catholic Church. Considering the ongoing sex scandals, it is justified to not only criticize but bring to justice the perpetrators and those who covered up their crimes.

  • Published
    December 29, 2011

    Poetry Out Loud contest made for a magical night

    On Dec. 15, my husband and I attended Gardiner High School's Poetry Out Loud contest for the first time. This contest is part of a process that determines a National Poetry Out Loud winner.

  • Published
    December 28, 2011

    AARP wants to help legislators make right cuts

    With the myriad problems that older adults and challenged individuals in this state face, it is our job as both advocates and legislators to protect Maine’s most vulnerable populations. This is a tough economy, but it is even tougher when one is frail, elderly, alone and frightened. Seniors in Maine have watched all summer long […]

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    December 28, 2011

    Highland Wind, Iberdrola have ignored petitioners

    Last month, residents of Highland, Lexington and Concord went to Augusta with a petition. The majority of the residents in these three communities asked Highland Wind and Iberdrola to abandon their plans to turn the rural communities into a sprawling industrial zone. We also asked Gov. Paul LePage to use his powers to protect us, […]

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  • Published
    December 28, 2011

    Thanks to honest person who returned purse

    On Dec. 16, I absentmindedly left my purse in a shopping cart in the Walmart parking lot with money, credit cards, ID, etc. I didn’t discover my loss until I returned home some time later. I immediately called Walmart to report it. While talking to a woman there, she said someone had just brought it […]

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    December 28, 2011

    Run or fight, but never get into vehicle with stranger

    The Dec. 23 front page was wonderful. Telling people how to behave when confronted by an armed robber was great advice and well worth the front page space. As the father of two daughters, I warned them time and time again that if they were ever confronted by anyone who demands that they get into […]

  • Published
    December 27, 2011

    Reduce tax cut, examine proposed health care cuts

    In support of Gov. Paul LePage's proposed health care cuts, one letter writer spoke of "virtues and morals." Rep. Phil Curtis stated that those who link these proposed cuts to the recently passed tax cuts are engaging in "reckless, irresponsible, class warfare at its worst."

  • Published
    December 27, 2011

    TIF should be sweetener, not necessity for pipeline

    A disturbing statement has cropped up since articles were written about the gas pipeline that is coming to different communities in Maine.

  • Published
    December 27, 2011

    Random people better congressional delegates

    Seldom do we hear such pathetic excuses as from Sen. Olympia Snowe.