How many people housed in tents at “Alligator Alcatraz” will die if there is a hurricane? How many people living in Maine will be forced to go there? Is it a cruel joke that this facility is being funded by FEMA? How can we permit such inhumanity in our country? Shame. David Griswold Auburn
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Tell L.L.Bean it’s time to get greener | Letter
I used an L.L.Bean credit card for 40 years, but I cut mine up last year because it was a Citibank card, and Citibank is among the world’s top investors in fossil fuels. Third Act Maine volunteers, who want to reduce climate change, have been trying to convince L.L.Bean to change its credit card and […]
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Hoping Gov. Mills will seek Senate seat | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins has not shown true leadership in years. It’s time for a change.
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Senator Farrin comes through on transportation | Letter
In 2020, Maine’s Blue-Ribbon Commission determined that the annual shortfall in transportation infrastructure needs is $232 million. As that amount is compounded over a generation, Legislature after Legislature moved forward with a band-aid solution to fix our potholes and repair our bridges. That placed Maine at fourth worst in the United States for the condition […]
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Readers getting a healthy dose of malarkey | Letter
“Malarkey,” a term popularized by Joe Biden for nonsense or rubbish talk, comes to Portland Press Herald readers in frequent doses. Online comments on letters to the editor are predictably monopolized by the same few trolls who have been wrong on nearly every important national issue for the past 10 years. They’re hopelessly intolerant of […]
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Laurel Libby stood strong in the face of tyranny | Letter
As a resident of House District 90, here in Auburn, it’s “comforting” to know that the majority party in Augusta has seen fit to restore our collective voices. As we all know, earlier in the session our representative, Laurel Libby, had the audacity to question the legislative leadership’s perspective on social media posts, and was […]
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We are basically good … but we can be greedy | Letter
I agree with Karen Levine Egee’s July 7 op-ed stating that people are basically good. But we in America have been trained over a long period of time to think that, in order to feel good about ourselves, more is better. We are good people and don’t need more and more to be happy. President […]
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Voters must recognize the source of their suffering | Letter
Republicans are counting on short memories in 2026.
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Not everyone wants to celebrate Maine Beer Day | Letter
As a child of an alcoholic, I remember the pain my family endured while my father was actively drinking. I am proud to say he was able to obtain sobriety after years of hard work and with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous. Having a beer is pleasant for many, and many do not become alcoholics […]
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Thanking Maine’s leaders for coming through for seniors | Letter
Our local legislators deserve a big thank you for supporting LD 814, the Older Mainers Act. This important legislation allows Agencies on Aging to address needs at the local level. Championed by Rep. Kristin Cloutier, and supported by Sen. Peggy Rotundo among many others from our region, this funding will allow agencies to address older […]