4 years ago Voting safely To the Editor; With just over two months before the November 3 elections, many Mainers find themselves grappling with unexpected hardships brought on by the coronavirus.
4 years ago Thank you Sen. Davis To the Editor; Now that the courts have taken away our right to vote on Spain-owned CMP/Avangrid/Iberdrola’s unpopular NECEC corridor to provide electricity to Massachusetts’ ratepayers, our partners in the Legislature are more important than ever before.
4 years ago Would you rather be lucky or good? To the Editor; The above question was attributed to Lefty Gomez, who pitched for the New York Yankees in the 1930s.
4 years ago I’ll be watching the Republican convention To the Editor; Rarely do I find Matthew Gagnon with anything significant to say; his column last week, “Political conventions don’t matter,” is no exception.
4 years ago Contreni will inspire To the Editor; I am excited to endorse Margarita Contreni be our next state representative for District 119.
4 years ago Pass national popular vote To the Editor; Republican Saul Anuzis is right when he says that the national popular vote (NPV) will correct the problems in the current electoral system, in a manner that is constitutional and works within the Electoral College.
4 years ago Two little words To the Editor; As a 68-year-old white, retired history teacher, I have followed the sad state of our recent political discourse.
4 years ago Don’t underestimate COVID-19 To the Editor; In the early part of the coronavirus pandemic, medical specialists worked on determining the death rate from COVID-19.
4 years ago Stand up for Social Security To the Editor; Last Friday marked the 85th anniversary of the passing of the Social Security Act, an historic set of protections that has benefitted millions of Americans in our state and across the country.
4 years ago Ranked-choice voting provides the best of both worlds To the Editor; Can Americans ever vote the way we were taught to vote in civics class? Mainers will answer that question this November, thanks to ranked choice voting.
4 years ago Rep. Stearns will be voting for U.S. Sen. Collins To the Editor; As a result of the opioid epidemic in Maine, oftentimes grandparents have to raise their grandchildren while parents are seeking substance abuse assistance.
4 years ago The right conditions for prosperity to flourish To the Editor; The efforts of the group who helped distribute taxpayer-funded food to 850 households should be applauded.
4 years ago Let’s support our schools To the Editor; We have recently been reading and hearing of the difficult and complicated work being done by our school administrators, faculty and custodians to make it possible to open our schools as safely as possible.
4 years ago More scrutiny for Joe Biden To the Editor; Is anyone besides me concerned that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, continues to avoid meaningful examination by the press or other media outlets? In less than 100 days, this man could be elected as not only our president, but also the leader of the free world.
4 years ago Time for men to grow up To Editor; I put on the news and they had a father who was talking about his 2-year-old son that was killed by gunfire and he said “I will never hear him say Daddy anymore and now I have to put my son in the ground.
4 years ago Cancer doesn’t stop, so neither can we To the Editor; Cancer doesn’t stop for a pandemic.
4 years ago Now is time for Maine senators to support cultured-meat research To the Editor; With coronavirus sweeping the globe, now is the time for U.