In light of the recent massacre in Orlando, Fla., I ask — are the gun lovers and the National Rifle Association fanatics asleep? Do they not see the connection between easily obtained weapons and deaths of innocent people? When will the insanity end? Also, to the FBI — did it not realize that the gunman […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Difference of opinion
According to Kristal Flagg, town manager of Livermore Falls (Sun Journal, June 16), voters rejected certain warrant articles because they believed in “fictitious figures based on rumors, not facts.” I, for one, think it is rather distasteful that Flagg finds those who voted the articles down to be know-nothings, and it is a bit imperious […]
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Bicyclists should pay fair share
Legislators passed a law requiring a 3-foot separation between cars and bicycles. In essence, they made every road in Maine a bike path where drivers have to yield to bikes. Published guidelines even pictured a car being forced to cross a double yellow line to avoid a bicyclist. Watch a bicyclist for 60 seconds. They […]
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Mainers campaigning for referendum
Krysta Lilly of The Maine Heritage Policy Center decries out-of-state support for the upcoming universal-background-check referendum in November (letter, June 14). Michael Bloomberg, founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is helping pass the referendum through a related group, Mainers for Responsible Gun Ownership. Lilly claims that there is no homegrown or grassroots support for the […]
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Elan helped many at-risk youths
I worked at Elan School in Poland from 1985 to 1990. I started out as an entry level staff and then became a house director. The school helped many at-risk youths during my time there. Most of them had the choice of Elan or juvenile detention. The school has had some negative stories written about […]
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Interesting bit on Campus Avenue
For my money, the most interesting feature of the Sun Journal is the “Looking Back” feature, never more so than June 6 when, I learn, that Campus Avenue received a major maintenance upgrade and was called “one of the best thoroughfares in the city,” as of June 6, 1916. I find that difficult to believe. […]
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HSUS should have spoken up
Kudos to Gov. Paul LePage for calling out the “deplorable” tactics of the Humane Society of the United States following its investigation of an egg farm. Rather than alert authorities and stop alleged cruelty immediately, HSUS created a highlight video, generating media and no doubt drawing donations. Unfortunately, that isn’t the first time such deplorable […]
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Come home to Maine
I have lived in Maine for more than half a century. I was born in Augusta but have lived in many places. I have visited Fenway Park, Walt Disney World, the new Boston Garden to see a Celtics game (hopefully a Bruins game before too long). Been through two ice storms (along with everyone else). […]
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I cannot support Trump or Hillary
I can remain silent no longer. It is with great anguish that I announce publicly that I will not vote for the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president. I do have standards. This comes from one who has been active in the Republican Party for 48 years — since 1968. During that time, I have […]
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Try working with a neighbor
I feel like I was stabbed in the back by Ben Fletcher and the board of directors for the Lewiston-Auburn Triple Crown 5K when they decided to stop offering bottled water to the race participants. My employer, Poland Spring, has been involved with that race for a number of years, proudly donating water to the […]