Letters

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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Even after fastidious care, a house sometimes buckles post-winter

I’m a Virgo, and I have six planets in Virgo and a rising sign of Pisces (a water sign), all according to my astrological chart. What does this have to do with ice dams? I’ll tell you. People born under the sign of Virgo are fastidious, great attention to detail, perfectionists, must analyze every situation, […]
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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: South Portland pledge flap echoes McCarthy era

I applaud the three young women at South Portland High (“South Portland students make pledge policy plea to faculty leaders,” March 20) who have sought to make clear that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the school day should be optional, not mandatory. Rote recitation drains words of their meaning. […]
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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: To bring jobs and clean electricity to Maine, support solar bill

As a student at Baxter Academy in Portland, I am concerned about the impact of climate change on my future. As a state, we are not keeping up with with solar energy development. With that, we are also losing job opportunities. Even though the prices of these panels have dropped by 50 percent in the […]
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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Straightforward answers lacking from coverage of Maine, national events

I have several questions that I wish someone in the media would answer in a straightforward fashion: • Re: the lawsuit about the Affordable Care Act that is now under consideration by the Supreme Court: Please, someone, explain why this is not a frivolous lawsuit. I just do not understand. I could understand if people […]
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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Harsh cuts on services reflect poorly on Maine

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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Allow parents to use 401(k) to pay students’ college debt
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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Many students taught early to dislike math
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March 28, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland should be lauded for ban on disposable bags
Published
March 27, 2015

Letter to the Editor: One-way traffic, pedestrian aids best for State Street

Re: “Maine Voices: No street smarts in retaining one-way traffic on State and High” (Feb. 25): I cross High Street from Sherman and back twice a week to go to exercise classes at the YMCA. I am very familiar with the traffic problems there. Too often, cars and trucks race down the street at top […]
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March 27, 2015

Letter to the Editor: Support act to help Maine’s many family caregivers

There is a group of people in Maine who frequently go unnoticed and underappreciated. They are the nearly 200,000 unpaid caregivers who provide assistance to family members or friends who can no longer take care of themselves. Family caregivers play a critical role in care transitions, especially as their loved ones move from hospitals to […]

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