Letters

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September 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Help support leader of Portland Empowered for award

Pious Ali, the dynamic and ground-breaking leader of Portland Empowered, has been nominated for the $100,000 Lawrence W. O’Toole Award by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. The award recognizes a person, school, district or organization for advancing student-centered approaches to learning. Last year, thanks to enthusiastic community support, Casco Bay High School Principal Derek Pierce […]
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September 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Large ads a questionable way to resuscitate USM

What is the University of Southern Maine hoping to accomplish by running multiple full-page ads of its president, Dr. Glenn Cummings, a white man wearing a suit and tie? Is this how an institution that’s gutted its liberal arts offerings and been bled dry through bureaucratic mismanagement hopes to resuscitate itself? Judy Delogu Portland
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September 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: Tax credit would help more than higher minimum wage

A recent story by Edward D. Murphy (“Minimum wage hike has limits, study says,” Aug. 30) describes research that suggests that the minimum wage can be raised to some percentage of the local median rate before it triggers job losses. The article then calculates what that minimum would be in different parts of Maine. This […]
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September 12, 2015

Letter to the editor: ‘Body Worlds’ exhibit in Portland ghoulish, a degradation of human body

Re: “Portland’s exhibit on human bodies presents anatomy as art” (Sept. 2): I have been waiting to hear the outrage from anyone in the area over the “Body Worlds” exhibit now on display in Portland. If you’ve missed the hype, the exhibit presents real bodies that have been preserved using “plastination.” People supposedly checked off […]
Published
September 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Making key streets two-way would stifle a bustling city like Portland

I have been told by certain city workers that the change from two one-way lanes to two-way traffic on High Street and State Street is a done deal. This would be a disaster. To slow down the only major thoroughfares that allow access to our city would be a mistake. Portland is not some burg […]

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September 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Bean’s Leon Gorman was beautiful soul with great sense of humor

Leon Gorman was the man who gave my wife her engagement ring. On Valentine’s Day 2004, Mary and I met Leon and Lisa (his beloved wife) for dinner in Camden. Before dinner, Leon brought the four of us together and said, “Every Valentine’s Day I like to buy rings for the women in my life.” […]
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September 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland stiffs its tipped-wage workers

As someone who worked for years as a server and barista, I wholeheartedly support the One Fair Wage campaign to eliminate the sub-minimum wage for tipped-wage workers. It is ridiculous that customers at a restaurant are expected to pay for their food and then leave something extra to pay the wage of the person who […]
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September 11, 2015

Letter to the editor: Many animal sanctuaries do a lot of good, not harm

Those who protested “Yankee Jungle,” the Animal Planet series featuring DEW Haven in Mount Vernon, should have gone there before airing their views last month against “domestic, exotic and wild animals being kept in captivity.” DEW’s Robert and Julie Miner are to be commended for all they do to give these animals a safe, comfortable […]
Published
September 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: Community offers much-needed solace to Saco woman’s kin

I would like to thank our community for all the support and comfort it has extended to Wendy Boudreau’s family and mine during the past few weeks. Police Chief Brad Paul and his department, the Saco Fire Department and paramedics, along with Maine State Police and the Maine Attorney General’s Office, have been so compassionate […]
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September 10, 2015

Letter to the editor: No reason for secrecy in GMO food production

If foods containing genetically modified organisms are safe and, in fact, a benefit, then why would the industry that produces them want their use kept secret? It is common sense to label foods that contain GMO foods as such. I urge the U.S. Senate to take a common-sense approach and allow states to require the […]

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