Should I roll up my car windows when driving by the Brickyard Quarry on Route 237 in Gorham? According to the town and state, no problem, breathe it in. According to neighbors and residents, roll up! The emissions from the quarry and asphalt plants are a danger to our health. During the work week, the […]
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Maine’s transgender students deserve better | Letter
These young people are not the enemy and should stop being treated as such.
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Maine’s hydropower infrastructure is an asset | Letter
Maine’s hydropower infrastructure should be viewed as an asset, not a liability. Removing dams will increase our reliance on natural gas. Natural gas is billed as a “bridge fuel” — cleaner than coal and necessary for providing consistent baseload power until renewables catch up. Hydropower serves the same purpose, with fewer health risks. Take the […]
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Hyde School coverage missed the mark | Letter
If society equates students performing some light chores with labor trafficking, we’ve lost our common sense.
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Save your breath, Maine, the Canadians aren’t coming | Letter
Canadian news media continues to carry reports of Maine officials inviting Canadians to visit Maine. My advice to the people of Maine is: save your breath. Why would Canadians want to visit a nation with a president like Donald Trump and his daily threats of new tariffs and relentless claims of Canada becoming a 51st […]
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Immigrant laborers deserve our gratitude | Letter
We often fail to appreciate their backbreaking work in keeping our food production system moving.
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Portland should hire some British traffic cops | Letter
Our city needs more strict enforcement of the rules of the road.
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‘Letters from an American’ informs and inspires | Letter
Like many people these days, I’ve been searching for ways to understand and respond to President Trump’s attacks on our democracy — and to deal with the knowledge that so many good people are being hurt. My friends have been invaluable in helping me. But there’s another source that’s been invaluable, too, namely the daily […]
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Despite promises, Susan Collins keeps moving the ball | Letter
To use a ‘Peanuts’ analogy, our senator is like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown.
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Voter ID requirement will disenfranchise Mainers | Letter
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