On April 4, the Maine State Legislature rejected a bill that would have expanded the ConnectME Authority’s budget to allow for expanding high-speed internet into underserved areas of rural Maine. The original draft of the bill asked for $5 million and was gutted to merely $750,000. Rural Maine is yet again ignored. The expansion of […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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System has failed the teachers
During the Auburn School Committee meeting April 6, a number of teachers from across all grade levels took the floor to address the Superintendent, the School Committee and the audience. Those educators spoke to both their years of experience and their dedication to student learning. Why have 17 teachers left Auburn Middle School since the […]
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Happy to live in a small town
Often we read about a “small town mentality.” While that phrase usually has a negative connotation, our experience has shown us that it can have a very different meaning. We have learned firsthand how much kindness resides in a small town. Since we lost our home to fire in late January, we have been overwhelmed […]
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Abuse of handicap parking
It is nearly impossible to find a handicap parking spot at the stores. It seems as if everyone has a placard. The trouble is that people (and there seems to be a lot of them), are using the placards when they are not needed. I have seen perfectly healthy people using these spots — young […]
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Lacking a moral compass
This great country has walked away from the things that made it special. It lacks a moral compass. You can rest assured that God will not be mocked. Michael Boom, Lewiston
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More money for a failed system
This is in response to a Sun Journal story (March 31) about the proposed Auburn School Department budget. The public hearing was a well-rehearsed puppet show, starring an 11-year-old who begged officials to keep a librarian on staff. Not a science teacher or an industrial arts teacher. No, a librarian. My phone showed me a […]
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Should support school budget
Richard Smith’s letter (April 3) somehow managed to link a larger school budget in Lewiston with criticism of Councilor Jim Lysen’s support of immigrants in the community. If Smith asserts that immigrant youths “can hardly speak English” — a criticism used to exclude French Canadians from opportunity even a generation ago — then he should […]
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Cultural opportunities in L-A
I am writing to once again express my deep gratitude for the cultural opportunities that exist in Lewiston-Auburn. Without such outstanding opportunities, my life in the city would not be as rich or as busy as it was April 1-3. The Bates Dance Senior Thesis and student choreography was my first stop on Friday evening. […]
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Business climate dismal
There was an article in the Sun Journal recently noting that Maine is ranked near the bottom of the country in job creation. Then there was a story about a Brunswick health center having to close its doors, costing 170 good jobs, because of the governor’s cuts in MaineCare — at a time when there […]
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Blind eye on radical Islamists
There are threats of terrorism all over the world. America should learn from that if it is to survive as a nation. Radical Islamists are moving to countries such as England, Holland, France and, soon, to America. The far left and the so-called president turn a blind eye on radical Islam or call criticism of […]