Letters

Published
July 30, 2020

Letter to the editor: Maine must expand, enforce mask rules

Given the widespread flouting of the executive order on quarantining, face coverings are critical to stopping the spread of infection on popular beaches.
Published
July 30, 2020

Letter to the editor: BIW’s parent company lags in strike resolution

Bath Iron Works, which is owned by General Dynamics, has an ongoing machinists union strike. General Dynamics is a very wealthy company. Thus far no agreement has been reached while the strike enters its sixth week. The COVID-19 problem creates one dilemma. General Dynamics not wanting to fairly resolve this strike creates a greater problem […]
Published
July 29, 2020

Letter to the editor: Health problems plague family who live near Global tanks
Published
July 29, 2020

Letter to the editor: Unmarked vans, secret police have grim historical parallels
Published
July 29, 2020

Letter to the editor: Low COVID infection rate indicates effectiveness of Maine’s rules

Published
July 29, 2020

Letter to the editor: Tourist visits to Maine islands a danger to residents

Encouraging day trippers ignores the need for social distancing on Casco Bay Lines ferries and makes it hard for those who live there to return home.
Published
July 28, 2020

Letter to the editor: Unlike Gideon, Collins thinks for herself
Published
July 28, 2020

Letter to the editor: Keep pets off East End Beach in the summer

Keep Portland’s only public beach clean for people who don’t have access to other places to swim.
Published
July 28, 2020

Letter to the editor: Legislators must address roots of issues revealed by COVID
Published
July 28, 2020

Letter to the editor: Trump flouts rules that other taxpayers follow

Last week, a busload of Women for Trump visited a restaurant in Old Orchard Beach. In a front-page article in Thursday’s Portland Press Herald, Jackie Tierney of Old Orchard Beach was quoted as saying of President Trump, “I just think he’s one of us. He’s worked all his life and hasn’t lived off the taxpayers.” […]