letter to the editor

Published
March 6, 2020

Letter to the editor: Democratic finger-pointing won’t solve nation’s problems
Published
March 6, 2020

Letter to the editor: Heating, health shouldn’t have to compete for federal funding

President Trump has held back $37 million from Low Income Home Energy Assistance to fight coronavirus; meanwhile, the Pentagon spends $37 million a month on music alone.
Published
March 6, 2020

Letter to the editor: Baxter Woods story leaves out off-leash policy supporters’ requests
Published
March 5, 2020

Letter to the editor: Monday a sad day for readers, viewers of Maine news

We woke up to a sad, sad, sad … sad day for Maine, and especially its seniors, March 2! The first of the “no newsprint newspaper Mondays” in the morning and then, to cap our day off, the start of “no more Pat Callaghan” on the News Center Maine WCSH6 news program at 11 p.m. […]
Published
March 5, 2020

Letter to the editor: Ad meant to emphasize Maine’s, Québec’s mutual love of outdoors

On behalf of Hydro-Québec, I would like to explain why we showed photos of two beautiful landmarks, Baxter State Park and the Parc national de la Jacques Cartier, in a recent ad placed in Maine newspapers. Our intent was not to imply that Baxter State Park was involved in the debate on the transmission line, […]

Published
March 5, 2020

Letter to the editor: USM was right to ban Feiner from teaching

She and her students 'had every right to go to Washington to protest the Brett Kavanaugh nomination' – but not under the auspices of the university.
Published
March 5, 2020

Letter to the editor: Return of misplaced $20 was a pleasant surprise

Recently, I went shopping and received $20 in change, which I thought I had put in my wallet. When I went looking for it I couldn’t find it. It was trash day, and just before the trucks came, I went out and searched my trash but didn’t find anything. Today I came home and find […]
Published
March 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: Pence isn’t equipped to lead virus response

In a situation like this one, scientists and health experts, not politicians, should be the ones in charge of communicating on behalf of the federal government.
Published
March 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: Hillary would have been ready for a health care crisis

If Hillary Clinton were president right now, do you think she would have recommended so drastically cutting the budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? Do you believe she’d have fired the teams of pandemic experts who Barack Obama appointed when the world encountered an Ebola crisis? Could you imagine her handing off […]
Published
March 4, 2020

Letter to the editor: To ensure that Maine workers get paid for OT work, support L.D. 402

It is demoralizing to do a job where you must work overtime for no compensation. Please support L.D. 402, which addresses overtime pay for salaried employees. I had a position at (an unnamed agency) that often required overtime, and there was an unwritten policy that did not pay overtime. Often employees worked for free several […]

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