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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    May 19, 2013

    Mining for metals pollutes water, kills aquatic life

    Metallic mining operations pose a major threat to Maine's rivers, lakes and groundwater.

  • Published
    May 18, 2013

    Mass customized learning just latest bad idea

    When you hear the phrase mass customized learning, think "new math" back in the '70s, "whole language" from the late '80s to '90s, more recently "everyday math" and now "common core." All controversial programs that have already or will soon be shown to be abject educational failures. Nothing in this new program is evidence-based. Asia and Europe do not use this. Go to the top colleges in the Northeast and ask these world class students where they were educated -- not in countries where education even remotely resembles this mass customized mediocrity. Negative changes are already occurring in the classroom. Classrooms are chaotic; students are not encouraged to excel, they are taught only to meet a basic standard; the online resources children are forced to use are substandard and are poor substitutes for a knowledgeable, experienced teacher. Our district has these experienced teachers, and they are even more upset with mass customized mediocrity plan than the parents and students are.

  • Published
    May 18, 2013

    Hospital’s energy savings offset by driving distance

    I learned recently that the new hospital is requesting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.

  • Published
    May 18, 2013

    Health care providers need to justify their charges

    I read the newspaper article about hospital costs, and I think it should matter a great deal to patients what hospitals charge, because at the end of the day it determines how expensive insurance costs are.

  • Published
    May 18, 2013

    It’s not worth it to ruin Maine’s celebrated vista

    I just wanted to write to convey my support for L.D. 1059, which will reverse a 2012 Act, L.D. 1085, which put leniency in laws regarding open pit-mining and mountain top removal in Maine.

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  • Published
    May 18, 2013

    How can we legislate what some people eat?

    Isn't it odd how the same politicians who complain that we regulate businesses and corporations too much are not shy about regulating individual citizens' behavior.

  • Published
    May 17, 2013

    Education in RSU 18 communities threatened

    We all want our children to have a great education. Our family-centered community wants to see every child learn and grow and succeed.

  • Published
    May 17, 2013

    We need strict laws to regulate open-pit mining

    I recently attended a public hearing on a bill before the Environmental and Natural Resources Committee, L.D. 1302, which addresses both environmental and financial concerns relating to open pit mineral mining in Maine, and which calls for more protections than currently required.

  • Published
    May 17, 2013

    RSU 18 has worked hard to reduce costs

    RSU 18 School Board members, parents, teachers and administrators have worked for months on next year's proposed budget, which strikes a balance between the ability to provide quality education and the need to control costs.

  • Published
    May 16, 2013

    Column overlooks key points of dental care gaps

    As Dr. Jonathan Shenkin noted in his column (May 8) about dental care, a March report by the Pew Charitable Trusts included an error.

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