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Letters to the Editor

Published
August 13, 2012

Toll increase targets those who use turnpike the least

Major cuts in work force have led to less traffic on the turnpike, so it must be time for a toll increase. And that increase should target those who use the turnpike least.
Published
August 13, 2012

People with no morals are what’s wrong with world

I am a Maine woman who always wants to think people in Maine are honest and would not take something from another person from right under their nose.
Published
August 11, 2012

LETTER OF THE WEEK: Our military used to further corporate interests

In the past, when our government sought to enter foreign theaters of war, it sold war bonds to finance military actions.
Published
August 11, 2012

LETTER OF THE WEEK: Organic farms cut carbon dioxide emissions

Richard Thomas' letter (July 23), "Drastic measures needed to stop climate change," pointed out some changes needed to prevent climate change to be too extreme. There is one area climate change groups never talk about.
Published
August 10, 2012

A new day when Mr. King goes to Washington

It might seem too cheesy to compare Angus King to Jefferson Smith from the 1939 classic movie, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Well, I say the two are very similar.

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Published
August 10, 2012

All need to help get boat out of troubled waters

We are all in this boat together, and that boat is definitely in troubled waters. The seas are scary, but I am rowing at a pretty good pace just like my mom and dad expected me to.
Published
August 10, 2012

Doctor offers ‘inconvenient’ facts about homosexuality

As a physician, I would like to offer two facts (some might call them inconvenient) about the gay marriage issue.
Published
August 10, 2012

Workers often have ideas to be more cost-effective

Maine is leading the way again through another dumb move.
Published
August 9, 2012

Manslaughter charges for no-insurance deaths?

About 11,000 people in the country die needlessly and prematurely each year simply because they do not have health insurance and, therefore, do not get medical care when they need it, according to a 2009 study by the American Journal of Public Health.
Published
August 9, 2012

Consolidating jails saves counties millions

It comes as no surprise that the newspaper would endorse the idea that the "State jail system needs the counties to work properly" (Our Opinion, July 29).