Augusta is very fortunate to have the Augusta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), which has been in existence for over 100 years. I recently attended a Soiree Chamber Music concert of members of the ASO. It was beautiful and well-performed. Much hard work goes into the preparation for a concert. The ASO deserves our support, both financial […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Vote ‘Yes’ on Question 2 to support gun safety | Letter
For those who doubted whether mass shootings could ever take place in Maine, the shooting in Lewiston, two years ago, made it abundantly clear they can. As a parent with kids in school, I have worried about this possibility — unique to war zones and the U.S. — since my children were born. It doesn’t […]
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Vote to restore trust and confidence in Maine’s elections | Letter
If you need to present ID at hotels and retail stores, it certainly should be required at the polls.
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Come join the fun at the Franco Center | Letter
Contributing to one’s community is a good feeling, and I can attest to that as a Franco Center board member. Located at 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston, the center is a thriving performing arts and entertainment venue. Board members and staff enthusiastically believe in Lewiston and advocate the center as a destination point for residents […]
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Is this really what Republicans want? | Letter
I wonder why Republicans seem to want to live in a fascist dictatorship. Why do they want to live in a country run like Putin’s Russia, Orban’s Hungary, Erdoğan’s Turkey, Maduro’s Venezuela, etc. Countries that nominally have elections, but the elections don’t mean anything because it’s all fixed. What is their fascination with the “strongman” […]
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Why a ‘Yes’ vote on Question 1 matters | Letter
I am writing in support of requiring identification when voting. A few years back, in my small town of Durham, I went to vote … and my name had already been checked off. I had not been to the polls yet, nor had I filled out an absentee ballot. I happened to know there was […]
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This is just the beginning of government intrusion into our lives | Letter
Everything seems to be working out just fine now. We have the federal government patrolling our city streets and special agents rounding up the undesirables. All we need now is to indoctrinate our children and come up with a special salute. No more burning flags; people should expect trouble if they don’t agree with our […]
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Telling it like it is on Trump, Putin and Ukraine | Letter
I was uplifted after reading Leo Mazerall’s letter in the Aug. 24 paper (“Trump’s meeting with war criminal Putin was shameful“). It seemed a courageous statement. Mark Twain has written that it is easier to fool a man than to persuade him that he has been fooled. It is even harder to admit that we […]
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Grateful for Sen. Collins’ support for international assistance funding | Letter
I want to thank Sen. Susan Collins for her leadership during recent debates over cancelling international assistance funding. Sen. Collins demonstrated real leadership by holding substantive hearings on international assistance funding, consistently voting against harmful cuts, and providing a platform for bipartisan voices to defend programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), […]
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Where is the compassion for the Palestinian people? | Letter
I ask: When we look into the eyes of a Palestinian child begging for food, do we not see the eyes of our own children? Or do we stop ourselves from believing our eyes and decide that that Palestinian child is somehow not a valid human being who is entitled to food? In George Orwell’s […]