Letters

Published
January 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: Story unfairly questions Sea Hunter’s generous Maine owner

I’ve been reading your article on Greg Brooks, the Sea Hunter and its crew (“Key investors lose faith in Gorham treasure hunter’s big claims,” Dec. 30). Your paper questions Mr. Brooks’ intentions. However, you might want to look back a few pages in your paper’s history and check what he and his crew put up […]
Published
January 4, 2014

Letter to the editor: For a happier year, life, let go of all old grudges

A Happy New Year to you and all of your readers. Speaking of New Year’s and the resolutions we make, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone about one we should take into consideration. How many of us have harbored a grudge and let it fester for ages? Well, I would hope not […]
Published
January 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lance Armstrong isn’t a winner anymore

On Dec. 29, the Press Herald ran a story by Los Angeles Times columnist Mike DiGiovanna titled “Unbreakable?” The piece was an end-of-year occasion “to rank the top 10 sports records that will never be broken.” After listing his top 10, DiGiovanna appended a “Barely Missed the Cut” – or honorable mention – category, including […]
Published
January 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Research backs opposition to genetically modified food

Although I am sure the author of the recent Maine Voices column regarding his view of GMO labeling as a business ploy is sincere in his view, please look further. Good information is available (“Consider scientific facts, not emotional campaigns, when checking GMOs,” Dec. 11). There is a reason why more than 39 countries ban […]
Published
January 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Trustees urged to break even with civic center

The Cumberland County commissioners, elected officials, wisely postponed the appointment of new Cumberland County Recreation District trustees, which serve a separate government. To have new people step into a position and make decisions affecting all county citizens’ property taxes without having the historical background and knowledge would have been very unwise and unfair. The trustees […]

Published
January 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Expression gives false idea about effect of rising tide

The nature of a tide is to rise on one shore and fall on the opposite side. The amount of water doesn’t change. Ergo, the expression “A rising tide lifts all boats” is simply not true. Barbara Callahan South Portland
Published
January 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Tar sands moratorium was a done deal before South Portland council vote

Re: Mary-Jane Ferrier’s letter to the editor, “Oil interests have no place on tar sands study group” (Dec. 26): As someone with no interests in the oil industry, but as a taxpayer in South Portland, I have noticed two letters of late saying that the oil interests should be excluded from the proposed ordinance group. […]
Published
January 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: What is Maine doing to track deadly virus?

Re: “Researchers concerned by virus that killed well-known Maine artist” (Dec. 25): The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (Sept. 7, 2001, Vol. 50, No. 35; pages 761-764) documents the first identification of the Powassan virus in Maine, in September 2000. The diligence of what was then the […]
Published
January 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: RSU 21 school bond spends too much, too quickly

Admittedly, the school facilities in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel are dated and require major TLC. But is every homeowner in Kennebunk prepared for a 9.3 percent tax increase if the school bond passes Jan. 21? And according to the letter we received from the town, these estimates are before “other possible increases … not considered […]
Published
January 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Wind-industry lobby has too much power in Maine

Vital revisions are needed to Maine’s existing wind law. Fortunately, our state funded an independent review that lists 25 recommendations for how wind power could play a more positive role in our state’s economic development. Unfortunately, industry lobbyists don’t like these ideas. I encourage Maine voters to re-evaluate industrial wind power development and to contact […]

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