Cartoon for Tuesday, May 4

Cynthia Stancioff: Civic participation ‘alive and well in Farmington’

Thank you for your April 27 article summarizing the results of the unconventional April 26 Farmington annual town meeting. The referendum format was apparently popular. Poll workers told me the normal attendance at a town meeting might be 80 people, but it appears from vote tallies supplied by the town that as many as 276 […]

Richard Grandmaison: Rank Lewiston where it belongs

In an April 27 Sun Journal article pertaining to further cuts to the school budget, Lewiston School Committee member Ron Potvin is quoted as saying “We are the third-largest municipality in the state.” He should Google both Lewiston, Maine, and Bangor Maine. I did, and found that Lewiston has a population of 35,944. Then I […]

Abdulkerim Said: Until our global neighbors can access the vaccine, none of us are safe from COVID-19

I and many other Mainers have relatives and friends in countries around the world, and we can’t disconnect from those people. But when it comes to this pandemic, we’re all connected — and not just by our common humanity. None of us are safe until we’ve reached a worldwide critical mass of vaccination.

Megan Ricker: Kudos to Collins for farm program support

For the last decade, the national Farm to School grant program has helped connect so many students in our state, and around the country, with freshly-grown local produce. The program is a win-win both for farmers, who are able to sell directly to local school districts, and for children who have access to nutritious whole […]

Rep. Sheila Lyman: Seeking information and drawing our own conclusions is freedom

Requiring people to have a vaccination passport in order to travel, enter buildings, or move freely could restrict our constitutional rights to privacy, assembly, worship, and commerce. I have concerns about big government and big corporations that put their interests ahead of our own individual liberties.

Peter Rubins: Muskie’s Androscoggin: To ‘B’ or not to ‘B.’ That is the question

City government, industry and environmentalists have worked for 50 years to improve the river’s quality. We are now petitioning the Department of Environmental Protection and Legislature to reclassify the river from the lowest class, C, up to Class B.

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Carol Pesti: Avoid tobacco industry’s deadly products

Maine in 2017 had the sixth-highest rate of tobacco-related cancer cases in the U.S., and the 11th highest rate of tobacco-related deaths nationwide. The tobacco industry has been preying on our kids, communities of color, the LGBTQ community, rural communities, and lower income humans for generations. The adult tobacco use rates in Maine are higher […]