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Category: Letters to the Editor

I read the news today, oh boy

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Winning and losing, frugal and green, and the coffee connection

If you win, I lose? To the editor: I’m glad you wrote “Pondering the poverty question” (Rock Bound, June issue). I agree with everything you said, and hope to read Poverty, by America. I think it’s important to point out the costs to everyone, not just the poor, of our… SEE MORE
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I read the news today, oh boy

Working Waterfront

Letters: ‘Cogent,’ public spaces, and fog

Cogent newspaper To the editor: I read virtually every word of the April issue of The Working Waterfront and am so impressed with the quality and pith of the contents. It bespeaks the breadth and depth of Maine life more cogently than any publication I’ve read—indigenous ones—since I’ve lived and… SEE MORE
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Working Waterfront

Letters to the editor—’A distinct voice,’ and ‘perception’

A distinct voice To the editor: Phil Crossman and his skin color and the adjectives used to describe it in his Observer column apparently rubbed at least one person in the wrong way (“Unacceptable,” letters to the editor, December/January issue). My spouse and I lived two wonderful years in Maine… SEE MORE
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Readers of The Working Waterfront on their morning commute from Portland to Eastport.

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Letters to the editor: Arts, memory, and enthusiasm

Arts Downeast To the editor: Thank you for the Field Notes column by Lisa Mossel on Passamaquoddy Bay communities (“Eastport, Lubec banking on the arts,” The Working Waterfront’s September issue). Your column is a touchpoint of the necessity of the arts in our lives: encouraging creativity, stimulating, and a meeting… SEE MORE
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Working Waterfront

Letters to the editor: reading and politics

A new kind of reading To the editor: Writing has always interested me. Ever since I was five years old, strong opinions and emotions in books have made me want to do something. A book about a mermaid: go swimming! Harry Potter: make-up my own fantasy world! But not until… SEE MORE
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Working Waterfront

Our readers write—’Misplaced,’ no oil, and ‘Smart is silly’

‘Terribly misplaced’ To the editor: I’ve been reading The Working Waterfront much more closely over the past year or two. There is so much great content now, well-reported from a variety of viewpoints. Still, some published pieces seem mismatched with the newspaper's current purpose, editorial direction, and its other contributors.… SEE MORE
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Working Waterfront

Our readers write—Racism, sexism, and the joy of libraries

Racism heritage To the editor: Thanks very much for your article on our heritage (“Maine’s not-so-clean history on race,” May issue). Having lived away in Denver for more than 30 years, I was sad to be labeled a PFA (person from away) by a local here in Eastport. Although the… SEE MORE
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Our readers write: Bias, memories, and oatcakes

Bias is on left, too To the editor: I read with interest the Rock Bound column on “Citizen Hearst” in the November issue of The Working Waterfront. I follow the news media quite closely, especially as pertains to political reporting. I was disappointed, but not surprised to see the negative… SEE MORE
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I read the news today, oh boy

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Readers write: Charged up, jumpy, and Ted

Capacity is a concern To the editor: My wife and I have been members of The Island Institute for more than just a couple of years and regularly read articles in The Working Waterfront. I read Sara Miller‘s op-ed piece in the August issue, “Leaving gas vehicles in the rear… SEE MORE
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Nordic Aquafarms' new facility in Fredrikstad, Norway.

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Salmon facility critic says technology unproven

I wish to thank The Working Waterfront for allowing me to comment (op-ed, November issue) on technologies being promised for new large scale aquaculture facilities in Maine. The federal Environmental Protection Agency refers to these as concentrated aquatic animal production facilities. As an individual, it has been extremely difficult to… SEE MORE
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