By Sarah Sindo How do you feel about heights? Would you climb an 80-foot fire tower without hesitancy? Or does your stomach swirl simply thinking about it? Me? I fall somewhere in between.

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To the Editor: As a retired superintendent of schools in Salem, Connecticut, I followed our district policy not to pay tuition to parochial schools.

By Bob Duchesne Few people venture into the deep woods to go birding.

By Matthew Gagnon The current struggle over the Supreme Court began with the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February of 2016.

By Chris Sargent 6-6-3-3-2-5-8-7-4-1.

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To the Editor; I was happy to learn that the San Francisco-based company Eat Just is planning to build the world’s biggest cultivated-meat factory in the United States.

To the Editor; My heart aches for all the victims and their families of the recent mass shootings involving assault rifles and high capacity magazines.

To the Editor; “Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses.

To the Editor; After reading the article in the Bangor Daily News on June 16 about Maine towns becoming the owners of the Hampden trash plant, I have one question: Why? As I recall, the trash plant used new technology intended to sort incoming trash into several categories to sell in the recycling market.

By Matthew Gagnon “Mistakes were made.

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To the Editor; Way too many women are talked into, or are forced into getting an abortion.

To the Editor; The state governor and federal government should mandate public schools be open for public warming areas for evening and night time use.

Queen Elizabeth II recently said that “recollections may vary.

By Matthew Gagnon Here’s a fun question to consider: Why, exactly, should anyone care about the political party of a prosecutor? The job of a district attorney in Maine is that of a chief prosecutor, responsible for representing the state of Maine in criminal proceedings.

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