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No loss like the loss of a dog | Letter

I just read Mike Lowe’s op-ed, “In loving tribute to the best boy, Mookie,” in the Jan. 4 edition of your paper and I cried like a baby. Everyone who’s had to have their beloved dog put to sleep knows how painful it is. It’s excruciating. I’ve had to do it twice and I still […]

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Puzzled by contours of Hannaford campaign | Letter

The Maine Sunday Telegram recently ran a full-page ad paid for by “The Center for Responsible Food Business,” concerning a supermarket, whose name was blacked out. It contained purported comments from customers and employees that were submitted to the “New England Consumer Alliance,” which had been running a campaign about Hannaford. So, being curious, I […]

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Keep our small-town papers local | Letter

One small Christmas wish for the New Year: that the Lewiston Sun Journal have more stories and opinions from Lewiston/Auburn and surrounding towns. Enough of Portland mucky-mucks and pics of “what was it like back when,” featuring Portland scenes. Most Androscoggin County folks are not interested, at all! Gary DennisLewiston

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Hannaford protests deserve more coverage | Letter

I’ve shopped at Hannaford stores for decades, always pleased particularly with their produce departments and especially with their competent and cheerful personnel. It has puzzled me to see protests about Hannaford, relating to free-range eggs (which I don’t purchase, but could if I wanted to. They’re always available at my Yarmouth Hannaford.) Seems odd to […]

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Questions remain on proposed Portland tower | Letter

Leslie Bridgers is right to question the proposed tower in Portland (“30-story tower will be Portland’s next architectural regret,” Dec. 12). But beyond aesthetics, our planning board owes us answers about precedents, process and purpose. Can Portland’s housing needs be met without a structure taller than any building in comparable coastal cities — and twice […]