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Diane Grandmaison: Sara Gideon is the best choice

Mail-in absentee ballots for the July 14 Democratic primary are available now. Sara Gideon is neck and neck in the polls with Susan Collins. Gideon is our best chance to replace Collins. I stood in front of Collins’ office asking her to support making insurance companies not discriminate against people who have pre-existing health conditions. […]

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Irving Faunce: Value all who have come here

As society struggles to find common ground during these very difficult days, it was disheartening to read the hateful remarks made by Republican candidates for Congress during their recent “debate” (Sun Journal, June 17). The headline said that the candidates were getting “tough” on immigration. Dale Crafts said, “It’s a disaster” that “people come to […]

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Jean Todd: Sara Gideon looks to the people

Sara Gideon, unlike the current senator of Maine (Susan Collins), cares about Mainers and the issues confronting this state. She emphasizes working with both Democrats and Republicans. As Abraham Lincoln stated, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” I have viewed the claims of the Republican National Committee accusing Gideon of all kinds of absurd […]

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Allison Emery: Racism has not ended

In her letter to the editor (June 13), Jacqueline Smith stated that 172 white people and 88 black people have been killed by police this year. Because of that, she claimed there is no racism. In the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 72.2% of the U.S. population is white and 12.7% is […]

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Looking Back on June 23

100 Years Ago: 1920 Gov. Calvin Coollidge of Massachusetts is not a big man; weighed in ability, farsightedness, and understanding of human nature, he is all bigness. He is not a great talker, but as a listener he is a wonder. His face is serious and his eyes are gray, but in those eyes there […]