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  January 3, 2024

  Thankful for help of Oakland FD

  My mother, sister and I would like to take a moment to praise the hard work, kindness, compassion, and concern of the Oakland Fire Department. Over the past six weeks, my dad battled a new and aggressive cancer. As his health declined, and we were waiting for a stairlift to be installed, the wonderful staff […]

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  January 3, 2024

  Bellows should be lauded as patriot

  We all know what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, despite the endless efforts of the right-wing propaganda machine to deny what we saw with our own eyes. And we all know who was responsible for spurring on the attempt to subvert democracy by overturning a free and fair election. While the majority of politicians and […]

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  January 3, 2024

  Bellows decision on Trump an embarrassment

  Letter

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  January 2, 2024

  Commentary: Maine AG has poor record in police shootings

  A Maine attorney general has never found an officer at fault in a shooting.

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  January 2, 2024

  Commentary: Biden’s fellow seniors have advice for the 81-year-old president: Lose the script, project your voice

  For those who doubt Joe Biden’s capacity to be president, Herb Klar has a suggestion: Swing by his neighborhood sometime. “They don’t come to Rossmoor and see all the octagenarians … and see how lively and bright and competent we all are,” said Klar, 76, a retired clinical social worker, who was sporting a Golden […]

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  January 1, 2024

  Commentary: Five big political questions for 2024

  The political stakes couldn’t be higher in the coming year, with both the presidency and control of Congress up in the air. And the courts will be involved more than usual, with former President Donald Trump under four separate indictments, at least some of which could head to trial in 2024. If that isn’t enough, […]

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  January 1, 2024

  View from Away: Supreme Court has tough tiebreaker on Trump ballot case

  In a ruling this week, the Michigan Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump to remain on the Republican primary ballot, rejecting the argument that the 14th Amendment’s ban on holding public office for government officials who’d previously engaged in insurrection against the United States disqualified the former president. While some of the former president’s supporters will […]

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  December 31, 2023

  Being president is not a get-out-of-jail-free card

  Do I have this right? Once elected president of the United States of America, any crime that you commit, you cannot be prosecuted. When running for re-election, regardless of the counted votes, only you can determine who the rightful electors are and encourage your supporters to use flagpoles to break into the Capitol building to […]

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  December 31, 2023

  Let’s nominate Maine heroes for national award

  The recent front-page article about the Lewiston shooting (“How ‘true heroes’ tried to stop a killer at a Lewiston bowling alley,” Dec. 22) as well as Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s column a few weeks ago were about the heroism of several people who tried to stop the shooter or used their bodies to protect children. The Carnegie […]

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  December 31, 2023

  Maine’s vote on utilities looks worse than ever

  Pine Tree Power, anyone!?! (“More than 132,000 Mainers enter 4th day without power as restoration efforts continue,” Dec. 20). Jane Manson Belgrade Lakes

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