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Letters to the Editor
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    December 29, 2011

    It’s sad that it’s come to offering reward for Ayla

    It is sad that it has come to the point of offering reward money to find Ayla.

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    December 29, 2011

    Establishment doesn’t want revolution to come

    The president and all his rich, empowered, entitled and immunized centrist-extremist elites do not exactly know how many fractured Marine skulls and foreclosed-on Navy families it takes to get the squishy center of the ol' insurrection/revolution Tootsie roll. And they don't want to find out.

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    December 29, 2011

    It’s still stealing, even if it’s just one green bean

    I was in an Augusta supermarket recently, choosing and bagging green beans, when I heard the cutest little voice excitedly say, "Ooh, string beans!"

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    December 29, 2011

    Looking forward to going to local Post Office

    The East Winthrop Post Office is the absolute best.

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    December 29, 2011

    Any Republican candidate preferable to Obama

    Joyce Bushey's Dec. 8 letter wonders how many religious people will vote for Newt Gingrich (because of his personal infidelities), if he is chosen to run against Barack Obama? I can't speak for others, but that choice is a no-brainer for this Christian.

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    December 29, 2011

    Keep the faith, but share it, too

    Today it is in vogue to attack organized religions, particularly Christianity and the Catholic Church. Considering the ongoing sex scandals, it is justified to not only criticize but bring to justice the perpetrators and those who covered up their crimes.

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    December 29, 2011

    Poetry Out Loud contest made for a magical night

    On Dec. 15, my husband and I attended Gardiner High School's Poetry Out Loud contest for the first time. This contest is part of a process that determines a National Poetry Out Loud winner.

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    December 28, 2011

    AARP wants to help legislators make right cuts

    With the myriad problems that older adults and challenged individuals in this state face, it is our job as both advocates and legislators to protect Maine’s most vulnerable populations. This is a tough economy, but it is even tougher when one is frail, elderly, alone and frightened. Seniors in Maine have watched all summer long […]

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    December 28, 2011

    Highland Wind, Iberdrola have ignored petitioners

    Last month, residents of Highland, Lexington and Concord went to Augusta with a petition. The majority of the residents in these three communities asked Highland Wind and Iberdrola to abandon their plans to turn the rural communities into a sprawling industrial zone. We also asked Gov. Paul LePage to use his powers to protect us, […]

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    December 28, 2011

    Thanks to honest person who returned purse

    On Dec. 16, I absentmindedly left my purse in a shopping cart in the Walmart parking lot with money, credit cards, ID, etc. I didn’t discover my loss until I returned home some time later. I immediately called Walmart to report it. While talking to a woman there, she said someone had just brought it […]