Our community is facing a challenge that deserves thoughtful action. Manufactured home owners — many of them seniors, veterans, and working families — are experiencing steep and unpredictable lot rent increases. These increases are rising far faster than wages, Social Security, or the cost of living, and they threaten the stability of people who have […]
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Proposed DHS rule changes will hurt Maine | Letter
On Feb. 23, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security proposed regulations that, if finalized as written, would have a drastic impact on legal immigrants, Maine businesses and Maine finances. The proposed regulations would do three things limiting the ability of asylum seekers, here legally, to work in the United States. First, asylum seekers would be […]
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Hannah Pingree will confront Maine’s housing problem | Letter
Housing is one of the biggest challenges facing Maine today, and it will be one of the most important issues our next governor must address. That’s why I am supporting Hannah Pingree for governor. Over the course of this campaign, Hannah has traveled across Maine listening to residents, housing providers and community leaders about what […]
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Trump administration resorts to cruel anti-trans agenda | Letter
Now that Republican policies on immigration, the economy and foreign wars have proven unpopular, the current regime is turning, once again, to its tried-and-true culture-war issue: hatred of transgender people. Let’s be clear, this is an issue that was manufactured by Republican strategists specifically to activate the worst instincts of their followers. Transgender people are the […]
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Hannah Pingree for Maine governor | Letter
The other day, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree said she had a favorite in the race for Maine’s top job: Her daughter Hannah. Hannah is a Democrat, but no party hack. As governor, she will listen and respect people of all political and personal persuasions. She will be the governor of all of us: indigenous, Somali, […]
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John Steinbeck was right about the American identity | Letter
It’s an exact, provable thing.
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Nirav Shah offered solace during pandemic | Letter
Alan Cobo-Lewis’ March 10 op-ed criticized Nirav Shah for supporting an age-based policy to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine access. He claims Dr. Shah lapsed ethically and scientifically, as Maine CDC director by ignoring the heightened risk faced by individuals with hematological cancers and Down syndrome. Although I cannot speak to others’ experience, I can speak to my own. My 19-year […]
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Medicaid fraud is not just a blue state issue | Letter
It’s not hard to agree with James Deyermond (“After State of the Union, Maine is faced with a choice,” March 1) that fraud should be rooted out from government expenditures wherever it occurs. Perhaps there is some fraud in Medicaid payments in Maine. What I find troubling is that Mr. Deyermond, as chairman of the […]
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End partisan election process in Maine | Letter
Your recent editorial on the SAVE Act (March 1) was very well written, thoughtful and intelligent. An act to restrict legal voting certainly does not make sense for we the people. It has a “We the party — let’s win an election” point of view. It is shamefully wrong, but not uncommon, within the partisan […]
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Maine needs to stop selling its resources on the cheap | Letter
Maine is a poor state because we have a history of selling our resources on the cheap. First, the Europeans came for the fish. For a long time, there were fishing jobs on the Maine coast. The work was hard, dangerous and poorly paid. One can buy a remnant of those fish stocks at Harbor Fish if they […]