Something seriously needs to be done to avert more problems in Washington County regarding health care. With the Medicaid cuts — and cuts to who knows what else — and the failings of Northern Light Health, we are on the verge of a potential long-term problem. Another entity, such as Maine Health, needs to take […]
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Automatic absentee ballots are risky | Letter
My dad passed away over 10 years ago, but that didn’t stop him from receiving an absentee ballot. This eye-opener led me to believe that automatic absentee ballot mailings are risky. I wholeheartedly support the voter ID initiative, which includes this needed reform. It’s central to our constitutional way of government that no household should […]
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Politicians’ performance matters more than their age | Letter
Regarding Steve Collins’ July 28 column, “It’s time for a younger generation to lead Maine,” it’s easy to write a column focusing on politicians’ ages. But is that the most important measure of performance? My suggestion for a future column: How vigorously is each of Maine’s leading elected politicians defending democracy? Daniel Hildreth Falmouth
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Trans vs. female athletes: Who’s targeting who in Maine? | Letter
With reference to the July 11 article “Farmington LGBTQ+ leaders condemn RSU 73 policy targeting trans youth,” I pose a few questions: • How many parents of young girls, ages 12 to 13 and who are just entering puberty, think it is OK that these girls be forced to share their bathrooms with biological males? […]
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Republicans’ middle-class tax cuts are a sham | Letter
The minuscule benefits are not worth the cost.
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Our environment is at its breaking point | Letter
It is clear as glass our adaptable democracy is one of humanity’s successes but, when broken, glass shatters into countess pieces. We are close to shattering our environment. If we do, democracy will fall close behind. Earth itself has a disease never before experienced by humans, global warming, due to our carbon burning addiction. As […]
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Experience the healing power of Maine’s wild places | Letter
Feeling overwhelmed by the news, the politics, the weight of it all? Get outside.
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Maine’s hypodermic needle handouts need to end | Letter
The July 27 front-page article about the HIV outbreak in Penobscot County was nothing short of bizarre. Thousands of words were used to explain that hypodermic needles were not the problem. Instead, it was lack of federal money, always the bogeyman of these screeds. Certain possession of hypodermic needles was a crime in Maine. In […]
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Grieved by loss of paper’s outdoors section | Letter
I’m really disappointed in the recent change consolidating the sports and outdoors sections of your paper. Basically any outdoor coverage is gone. Please research how many hunting and fishing licenses are sold in Maine each year and the amount of revenue these sports produce for our economy. Yes, there are occasional articles about birding and […]