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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    November 21, 2012

    Compromise should not be a dirty word

    The American Heritage Dictionary defines compromise as "a settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions."

  • Published
    November 20, 2012

    Remember those absent this Thanksgiving Day

    Before we enjoy our Thanksgiving dinner, and we say a prayer of thanks for all our blessings, we should add a prayer for all our young men and women who cannot be there with us.

  • Published
    November 20, 2012

    Seabrook fundamentally different from Japan sites

    I'd like to respond to a recent commentary, "Nuclear plants need more protection from nature's attacks."

  • Published
    November 20, 2012

    Lung Cancer Awareness observed this month

    Having recently moved to Columbia, S.C., I received my yearly mammogram at the beautiful and comforting Palmetto Breast Center.

  • Published
    November 20, 2012

    Misspent money better spent on veterans

    Rather than waste my efforts commenting on the annoying and misleading political races, I have opted for a more valuable comment about our U.S. veterans, past and present.

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  • Published
    November 17, 2012

    Why no overseas help for our disaster victims?

    So far I haven't seen any reports of any foreign country sending any kind of assistance to this disaster on our East Coast.

  • Published
    November 17, 2012

    Let’s think about food this Thanksgiving

    Having turned 64 this year, it's a struggle now to remain hip. To stay cool. I have a smart phone, a website and hair. But I don't tweet, and I've fled Facebook.

  • Published
    November 17, 2012

    Bizarre claim puts us in national spotlight again

    Who is Charlie Webster? Is he really the face, voice and spirit of the Republican Party in Maine?

  • Published
    November 15, 2012

    With the election over, get down to business

    Mankind hasn't gone mad after all. Now if all the candidates will be as anxious to pick up their signs, as they were to put them up, they can get down to business and walk their talk. Perhaps some good will become of it all.

  • Published
    November 15, 2012

    Leaf blowers more trouble than they’re worth

    Leaf blowers ... bah humbug. Most of us live in Maine for the beauty and quietude, right? Some years ago I bought my first home on Lovejoy Pond, a nice quiet neighborhood. In recent years many of my neighbors, some new, some old, have begun using leaf blowers as opposed to the old fashion rake method. It takes them all day to do a section of lawn that takes me less then an hour with a tarp and rake. The noise is a constant high pitch shrill which ruins the peace and quietude that I once enjoyed. The downside for the user of these leaf blowers is that they are affecting their own hearing and not getting any exercise whatsoever. They really should be banned or given up willingly for the sake of peace and quiet once again.