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Published
May 4, 2018

Letter to the editor: Maine Media Collective staff say news accounts don’t reflect current culture

We are the employees of Maine Media Collective. We are as upset as the rest of the public over recent allegations made against our former publisher, whose actions were clearly wrong. We include the two signers of this letter, as well as Karen Bowe, advertising account manager; Jeffrey D’Amico, director of sales; Danielle Devine, managing […]
Published
May 4, 2018

Letter to the editor: May 4 a day to recognize Foreign Service members

I am a retired State Department officer and a 30-plus year member of the U.S. Foreign Service, including overseas as a state annuitant and an officer with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. I am often surprised by how little is known about the work of American diplomats. We serve at 270 posts […]
Published
May 4, 2018

Letter to the editor: Public has a right not  to be assailed with gossip

Accompanying an Associated Press story citing “a report,” the Press Herald published this headline of phony “news” on May 1: “Kelly denies that he called Trump ‘idiot’ ” (Page A2). John Kelly, President Trump’s chief of staff, says that this unverified story is “total BS,” and President Trump tweeted, “The fake news is going crazy […]
Published
May 4, 2018

Letter to the editor: Maine should be proud of young environmental leaders

On April 28, at Scarborough High School, Maine youth from several area high schools came together to host the inaugural Maine Youth Environmental Convention. There may be a lack of leadership on environmental issues at some levels of government, but no lack of leadership with these teens, who organized a lively and useful conference with […]
Published
May 4, 2018

Letter to the editor: Gun-violence prevention voter’s top priority

I want Sen. Susan Collins to know that gun-violence prevention will be one of my top priorities at the ballot box. I have just signed a pledge to be a “Gun Sense voter” this November, because I’m done waiting for Congress to act to prevent gun violence. This election, and for every election until this […]

Published
April 17, 2018

Central Maine Power responds to higher-than-average electricity bills

Answers can only be found through examining electricity use at each individual property.
Published
April 4, 2018

Letter to the editor: Maine PUC promises to thoroughly investigate cause of high CMP bills

The agency responds to a critic who asserted the probe is being conducted in a way that may make it hard to trust the results.
Published
March 30, 2018

Our View: Uncontested races usher bad candidates into office

If the right people don't step up, the wrong people will have access to positions of power.
Published
March 25, 2018

Cynthia Dill: Constitution gives women right to choose abortion – or not

Rejecting the Hyde Amendment is not asking for a government subsidy but insisting on equal protection under the law.
Published
November 27, 1999

Douglas Rooks: University of Southern Maine needs more than a name change

The difficulty in all these plans is money, or lack of it. The UMaine System has never had the wherewithal to achieve its original goals.

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