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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Maine voter ID question goes too far
The changes up for consideration are not small — and we should reject them.
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Canadian was right about the US | Letter
I commend Canadian Rhiannon Hamdi for the well-written Aug. 28, 2025 op-ed (“Our neighbors to the south need to look in the mirror”). We Americans need to look closely at what is happening in this country. Regardless of party affiliation, we should all be alarmed at the now-daily news of masked ICE agents roaming our streets; […]
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Are we going in a direction we consider great? | Letter
President Trump claims that his falling out with Jeffery Epstein occurred because, as Trump said of Epstein, “He stole people that worked for me.” Trump considers people to be a commodity that can be stolen, he considers people to be a commodity owned. The presidential administration is full of human traffickers. They are ordering masked […]
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Trump’s trying to build a private army with tax dollars | Letter
I have watched, with disgust and anger, as the current president works at normalizing the presence of armed, anonymous agents and military forces on the streets of peaceful American cities according to his dictates. This is authoritarian action 101. The behavior of his masked ICE agents isn’t the removal of dangerous criminals and rapists; it […]
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Many more points to consider on beach access issue | Letter
Arguments against public use only go so far.
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Vote “Yes” on 1 to demand clean and fair elections in Maine | Letter
In 2022, a midterm election year, my brother received three ballots in the mail that he did not request. I remember him saying to me that if he had been dishonest, he would have filled out and returned all three ballots. Voter ID is a great path forward to ensure that each person gets only […]
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It is not ‘left-leaning’ to report the truth | Letter
I cannot leave two letters unchallenged from writers who complained about the paper’s supposed “left-leaning” approach to news. One letter writer (“Left-leaning reading results in left-leaning readership,” July 17) says the paper and other media outlets have spent a decade “spewing disinformation and outright lies” about the conservative side and ignoring President Biden’s aging. The […]
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Where are the conservative letters? | Letter
I’m appalled by the biased coverage of mass media. This opinion section plays an active part.
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Wells Police Department should rescind partnership with ICE | Letter
My husband and I have been residents of Wells since 2009, moving here full time in 2015. We absolutely love this town and have been proud to be part of “The Friendliest Town in Maine.” But we are completely taken aback and upset by the decision made by our police chief to partner with U.S. […]