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November 11, 2019

Letter to the editor: Provide options to incarceration for people living with mental illness

Maine’s legal system puts too many people living with a mental illness in jail for nuisance crimes. The majority of sheriffs in Maine are strong advocates for more mental health services, and do not want individuals living with a mental illness in jail for misdemeanor crimes. These arrests are often not cases where an officer […]
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November 11, 2019

Letter to the editor: Loud restaurants make for mediocre meals

As a person with hearing loss, I try to choose restaurants that are not too noisy; this usually means no music. These places are hard to find. I have also learned that many people with normal hearing also prefer restaurants where you can have a quiet conversation with family or friends and not be blasted […]
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November 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Cumberland Fair attendees give to Farmington families, firefighters

The Cumberland Farmers Club leaders would like to extend a “thank you” to all our fairgoers who donated over $10,000 to Farmington families and firefighters who were injured during the explosion the day before the Farmington Fair opened. All 26 Maine Agricultural Fairs work as family and support each other during difficult times. Thank you […]
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November 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Columnist misconstrues intent of ‘Medicare for All’

It's about fixing our health care system's intrinsic problems, not 'the mechanics of insurance.'
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November 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Time for Chewonki to confront its own white supremacy

When I read the Oct. 13 news story titled “Chewonki accused of stifling conversations about race, sexuality,” about the letter written by both current and former Chewonki staff, I felt validated. I too shared similar experiences with Chewonki around race but thought it was an anomaly. Clearly, it wasn’t. I’m a middle school teacher for […]

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November 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Cohen has spoken up on Trump – where is Collins?

Once we had truly great Maine Republican senators. The last one was William Cohen. Later he became secretary of defense under a Democratic president. He was called a moderate. What is Sen. Cohen’s reaction to the news coming out of Washington? Donald Trump’s lies, coverups, withholding of military funding to extort an ally into helping […]
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November 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Scare tactics cement loyalty to U.S. health care system

I read with interest Doni Tamblyn’s “Maine Voices: How does the Canadian health system work? Very well” (Nov. 3), with every word of which I totally agree. Including this sentence: “When many Americans hear the words ‘socialized medicine,’ they visualize Soviet-like, cinder block medical buildings with scarce staff and water dripping from the ceilings.” I […]
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November 10, 2019

Letter to the editor: Portland restaurant praised for promoting animal cruelty

Dine Out Maine reviewer Andrew Ross praises the Portland restaurant Central Provisions and awards it a four-star rating (Nov. 3). Diners often pay huge sums to wait in line for its delicacies, among them caviar and foie gras. For that, they pay from $10 to $190. Foie gras is produced by forcing corn down the […]
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November 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: Low-income housing would address Portland-area crisis

I moved to the Portland area at 18 from my small Maine city of Bath to pursue my college degree, excited and hopeful that I would fall in love with the Forest City. And, fall in love I did, with Portland’s rich arts and deep sense of local community. I still wouldn’t leave for the […]
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November 9, 2019

Letter to the editor: Trust elected officials to do the right thing in Ukraine investigation

I am frustrated with the partisan attacks in both directions over the impeachment investigations. I’m a moderate Democrat who doesn’t want to pursue impeachment but is concerned about the abuses of the president’s office we have seen in the past few years. Impeachment is a last resort, an effort to pursue only when the integrity […]

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