Another View: Right whales won’t be protected by proposed regulations

Letter to the editor

Published
November 4, 2019

Another View: Right whales won’t be protected by proposed regulations

The data show that whales are becoming entangled with fishing lines in Maine waters, pushing the species toward extinction.
Published
August 23, 2019

Mainers should block reckless assisted-suicide law

Maine will become a dangerous place for vulnerable people if the new assisted-suicide law goes into effect. Reckless laws like L.D. 1313 automatically place them at risk for mistakes, coercion and abuse. Mistaken prognoses can occur and have in many cases. These laws depend upon a doctor’s accurate prediction that a patient has six months […]
Published
August 22, 2019

Resources are out there to help victims of elder abuse

I am writing this letter to introduce the website Lifting Up the Voices (www.liftingupvoices.net) and to bring information to and awareness of seniors living with abuse and the professionals who work with clients in abusive relationships. The National Clearinghouse for Abuse in Later Life interviewed numerous people throughout the United States to participate in this […]
Published
August 20, 2019

Assault weapons ban’s opponents share guilt

The veiled encouragement toward racism and violence by Donald Trump at his alleys has surely attributed to the increase in mass carnage by white supremacist over the past two and a half years. I would go one step further and lay all the killings by assault type weapons since 2004 directly on the door step […]
Published
July 21, 2019

Another View: CMP rebuttal offered no clarity

In lashing out at critics, the company still hasn't explained why so many customers were billed incorrectly.

Published
July 6, 2019

Letter to the editor: Revived Kennebec River a place to treasure

Born six months before the Edwards Dam was removed, a neighbor of the river appreciates its cleanliness and health.
Published
July 1, 2019

Letter to the editor: Good editorial – but it’s just ‘Katahdin’

The translation of the original Abenaki name is 'greatest mountain,' so the preface 'Mount' or 'Mt.' is redundant.
Published
June 8, 2019

Letter to the editor: Maine owed more for CMP power line project

Ideas include a tax on Massachusetts for each kilowatt-hour transmitted; an all-purpose trail, and/or support towers capable of bearing multiple cables.