Letters

Published
May 20, 2020

Letter to the editor: Press for mail-in voting to protect election from pandemic

I write in response to the article published in the May 14 Press Herald (“Kushner backtracks after being ‘not sure’ about election date,” Page A2), by Timothy Bella of The Washington Post, reporting a senior White House adviser’s concern about whether the presidential election would happen in November. Since early March, I’ve asked friends of […]
Published
May 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Medical Service Corps could provide jobs, protect health

Now that Congress has authorized roughly $3 trillion in four separate coronavirus relief bills (with a recently approved $3 trillion aid bill likely to wind up in negotiations), it is time to follow the example of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who created by executive order April 5, 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps, a work relief […]
Published
May 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Visits with pets a casualty of COVID

I would like to address an issue to the governor. I am 73 years old and live at Fallbrook Woods Facility. I have been here for a while. My dogs usually come visit me often, two to three times each week, specifically St. Nick, a 12-year-old, 160-pound Newfie. Since the shutdown my dogs cannot visit […]
Published
May 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Maine jobless claims system’s failures reveal Republican priorities

In 2017 Paul LePage retrofitted Maine’s Department of Labor with ReEmployME, a new system that was promoted as a way to streamline the filing process while saving on costs – the standard Republican sales pitch. Three years later, under the worst of circumstances, Mainers are learning the hard way how spectacularly Republican policies fail and […]
Published
May 19, 2020

Letter to the editor: Longtime summer residents want to return

An aspiring transit planner and Seashore Trolley Museum volunteer asks for the quarantine to be lifted.

Published
May 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Denying virus’ seriousness will only compound its worst effects
Published
May 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Listen to the bard in this spring of our discontent
Published
May 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: No economic rebound without suppressing virus
Published
May 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: Some drive polarization in a pandemic
Published
May 18, 2020

Letter to the editor: It’s too soon to stop social distancing

A writer who wants to “begin our return to normal” doesn’t cite the facts needed to make her case, another reader says.

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