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COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION

During 2006, the Telegram & Gazette published 2,386 letters to the editor on a wide variety of subjects of general interest.

The writers' names are listed on these pages. (Letter of the Week writers are in boldface type.)

We are gratified that thousands of our readers consider our letters section, The People's Forum, to be just that - a forum in which the agenda is set by the people, not politicians or pundits.

All letters meeting our guidelines appear in print.

We publish letters expressing all shades of opinion. We feel a special obligation to print comments on our editorials and news coverage. We invite constructive criticism and observations.

Letters must be no longer than 250 words, election/endorsement letters no longer than 100 words. Letters that exceed those limits will be returned to be shortened.

We limit an individual to one published letter every two months.

We reserve the right to edit letters.

Letters must be the writers' original work. We do not publish reprints, quotations, "open letters" or letters written for other publications. We rarely publish letters from outside our circulation area.

Letters should be of general public interest. We do not publish letters that are strictly personal, including letters dealing solely with personal religious beliefs, routine thank-you letters to individuals or organizations or letters from candidates thanking voters or campaign workers.

We do not publish letters written in verse or essay form.

We do not publish letters about damaged or missing property or pets.

At times, when we believe a given topic has been exhausted, we call a halt to further comments.

We do not publish letters that we believe come under libel laws. Material can be libelous if it holds a private person or organization up to hatred, contempt, suspicion of wrongdoing, scorn or ridicule. We review letters about active court cases carefully.

We do not publish hate mail or letters that are obviously offensive to good taste.

We do not publish letters that are unsigned, unverifiable or unintelligible.

Political endorsements and letters concerning municipal elections must be received at least 10 working days before the election and must be no longer than 100 words.

Class project letters must be submitted all together with a cover letter listing the school, teachers and grade. Because of limited space, we can only publish one representative letter, which will be selected by our editorial board.

Letters must be sent with the writer's full name. Initials and nicknames are not acceptable. Writers must include a complete home address and a handwritten signature - and in the case of e-mailed letters telephone number(s) - for verification purposes.

These guidelines have been crafted to give a maximum number of writers the opportunity to be represented in our letters to the editor column, The People's Forum.

Christine Abbott

Jean L. Abdella

Alexander Abels

Hope Abisamra

Daniel Abraham

Colleen Adamiak

Paul Adamonis

Mark S. Adams

Cecil Adderley

Mark B. Adler

Prabhakar Agrawal

Sylvia Ainsleigh

Sandra Aktarian

Charles M. Alafberg

Jorge Alcoba

Judith Alexander

Ronald Alexandrovich

Nicholas P. Alexanian Sr.

Harry C. Alford

Kevin Alfreds

Edward & Laurie Alicea

Joanne Alinovi

Nancy M. Allard

Ronald Allen

Tammy Allen

David Almeida

James Aloisi

Stephen R. Alpert

Dana Altobelli

Stacy Amaral

Noah Amini

Brent J. Andersen

G. Albert Anderson

Ralph W. Anderson Jr.

Roger Anderson

Scott Anderson

Susan E. Anderson

Susan L. Anderson

Warren & Evelyn Anderson

Paul J. Andonian

Michael Andrade

Herbert J. Andrews

Kristine Andrews

Lynne Andrews

Michael Andrews

Stephen J. Andros

Barbara Anger

Gary Antinarella

Robert A. Antonioni

Brian P. Antul

Diane M. Armillei

Harry F. Armstrong III

Regina M. Army

Van M. Arooian

Neil Aronin

Jega A. Arulpragasam

Carol A. Ashford

Frances Askin

Karin Assad

Abu Assal Ahmed Abu Assal

Gregory N. Assoian

Lynne A. Aubrey

Diana Scott-Auger

Edward Augustus Jr.

Margo Austein

Karen M. Avedian

Jennifer Avoglia

Alfred M. Awad

Desiree A. Awiszio

Camille J. Babineau

Robert S. Bachelder

Elizabeth Bacon

Linda Bailey

Patricia Bair

Brett Baker

Jane Baker

Marilyn J. Baker

Patricia Baker

Peter B. Baker

Ruth Baker

Sharon L. Bakker

Elizabeth J. Baldarelli

Carlo M. Baldino

Wayne & Susan Baldwin

Justyna Ball

Roger F. Banks

Walter Barker

Margot Barnet

Thomas S. Baron

Amy Barrett

Karen Barrows

Robert Bartholomew

Michael Bartkus

William Bartkus

Diana Baruch

Steve Basinsky

Lori Bastardo

Pamela A. Bauckman

Thaddeus Bauer

Cynthia G. Bazinet

William & Cynthia Beale

Danielle Beaulieu

Norman D. Beausoleil Jr.

Robert Becker

Virginia Deso-Becker

Sarah Becque

Elizabeth Bedard

Juliette Y. Bedard

Richard G. Bedard

Sharon Bednarek

Gayle M. Beer

Douglas A. Belanger

Thomas C. Belanger

Sandra J. Belba

Scott M. Belba

John H. Belding

Wayne E. Belles

Robert M. Bellin

James R. Belpedio

Allison M. Bennett

Benedict Bennett

Dawn C. Bennett

Kathleen Bennett

Mona Bennett

Steven Bennett

Cheryl C. Benoit

Kenneth Benoit Sr.

Peter A. Benoit

Paul R. Benoit

Verona A. Bentley

Herbert E. Berg

Morris A. Bergman

Joanne E. Bernard

Justin M. Bernard

Richard Bernklow

Paul W. Berry

Donna R. Bertrand

Bonnie Besse

John J. Bianchi

Andraina Bianco

Brian Bigelow

Donna M. Bigelow

Marie J. Bigwood

Emily Billet

Queene Bilzerian

Eleanor G. Bird

James A. Bisceglia

Phillip Bissell

Stephen A. Bissell

Daniel Bitran

Sari Bitticks

Patricia Bizzell

Susan Black

Roland C. Blais

Michael D. & Nancy J. Blanchard

Richard R. Blanchard

S. Leslie & Susanne Blatt

Barbara F. Blavackas

Lisa Blazejewski

Nancy L. Blomquist

William A. Bloom Jr.

Rockie Blunt

Melanie Quaranta Bo

David O. Bobillier

Brianna Fay Bobola

Wayne Bogar

Daniel R. Borg

John A. Bohdiewicz

Charles F. Bohigian

Peter Boisvert

Robert J. Bolduc

Susan Bombard

Edmond J. Bonin

Carolyn R. Borelli

Howard Borer

Henry W. Bottcher Jr.

Emilio C. Botticelli

Michael Bouley

Maureen Bounds

Thomas J. Boucher

Janie Casello Bouges

Edward O. Bourgault

George M. Bourisk

Linda Bourque

James Bovaird

Frank F. Bovenzi

Philip Bovenzi

Jeffrey Bowers

Donald Bowles

Jamie Bowlin

John Pieter Boyd

Paul & Carol Rae Bradford

Mary Bradford

Kevin Bradley

Terry Bradley

Donna Brady

Francis J. Brady

John M. Brandes

Richard G. Brassard

Bonnie Breau

Betty Brehio

Thomas V. Brennan Jr.

Lance Dannan Bresee

Stephen M. Brewer

Donna Bricault

Robert J. Briere

Kathryn Brill

Avis L. Britton

Richard V. Broadbent

Judith Brogan

Dennis Rainwater Broner

Sheri Brooks

Todd Brooks

Mary C. Brosnan

Daniel F. Brosnihan Jr.

Daniel Brown

Elizabeth M. Brown

Gary Brown

Hannah Brown

James Brown

Mary Brown

Mary J. Brown

Matthew R. Brown

Sophia Brozowski

Cindie Hastings-Brutvan

Bradley Bryan

Jacqueline Buck

Sally Buckingham

Raymond Buckley

Dawn Budd

Brian Budnick

Laurie A. Budnick

Paul M. Buma

Marion B. Bundza

Paula Buonomo

Daniel Bupp

Jenny Burgos

Clarence Burley

Linda Buono

Amanda E. Burgoyne

George L. Burns Jr.

Brian K. Burris

Jessica Burris

Juan B. Bustamante

Sarah Byron

Domenic Caccialino

Elizabeth Cadorette

Christopher Caesar

Charles T. Caliri

James Matthew Callahan

Richard A. Callahan

Jo-Ann Campbell

Lucy M. Candib

Deborah M. Canejo

Stephanie A. Cantlin

Kevin Cantwell

Erin H. Canzano

Barbara Caouette

Sabrina Capaccio

Eric Capellari

Nancy-Jo Caplan

Jo Caplin

Pamela J. Capp

Robert G. Caprera

Gail E. Carberry

Anita Carbone

Francis E. Carbonneay Jr.

Kimberly Carbonneau

Edith M. Carey

William T. Carleton

Conrad H. Carlson

Donna M. Carlson

Paul & Denise Carlson

Susan Carlson

Marilyn Caron

Daniel Carpenter

Edward Carpenter

Lisa Bottom Carpenter

Francis R. Carroll

Kevin Carroll

Robert Carroll

Mark J. Carron

Andrew M. Carruthers

Robert S. Carter

Gigi Casella

Francis J. Casey

Scott Cashman

Joan W. Cassidy

June Claire Cassion

Susan Castaneda

Michael B. Catlin

Sharon Caulway

Katherine Cavaliere

America Cepeda

Ethel Chabot

James P. Chabot

Kevin Chalifoux

Joan Champagne

Paul Champagne

Robert L. Champagne

Susan Champoux

Brian M. Chandley

Karl Chapin

Rena Charette

Mark L. Cheffers

Cory D. Chenevert

Russell S. Chernin

Richard L. Chernisky

Eben Chesebrough

Benjamin Cheslawski

Hedy Chesna

Bruce Chester

Nia Lane Chester

Joseph W. Chiapulis

James & Karen Chiaravallotti

Simon J. Chiasson Jr.

William J. Chicoine

Anna Chinappi

Robert C. Chisholm

Mark J. Chludenski

Robert Choquette

Beverly B. Chorbajian

Francis Christie

Maureen R. Ciccone

Robert Cierpich

Alex G. Cinquanta

Roberta J. Cioci

Ronald Peter Ciras

James Cleary

Mary Cleary

William C. Clemmer

Donna Clemow

David Clohessy

Claire Cloutier

Elizabeth Cloutier

Susan Cloutier

Christine Maki-Cogswell

Dennis N. Cohen

Marjorie M. Cohen

Ruth Cohen

Paul Colacchio

Sharon Colbert

Charles W. Colebrook

George M. Coleman

William S. Coleman III

Thomas Colletta

Kathleen Collins

Jerrilyne Colonero

Thomas Colyer

Christopher Comeaux

Thomas Condon

Terence Connaughton

Anne Connelly

Fred R. Conner

Charlotte V. Connor

John Connor

Christopher Conrad

Steven Consilvio

Karen Conti

Brian Cook

Christine E. Cook

Damon Cook

Jonathan Cook

Dorothy Coombs

Henry Cooper

Susan Corbett

Allicia Cormier

Arthur L. Cormier

Brian J. Cormier

Gary T. Cormier

Joseph D. Corn

Frank J. Corridori

Evan Corrigan

Thomas J. Corrigan

David Cortese

Joseph S. Cory

Matthew Cory

James F. Cosgrove

Adrienne Cost

Matthew Costello

Edward F. Cote Jr.

James R. Cote

Glenn M. Coughlin

Donald Courtney

Robert J. Courtney

Stacy Courtney

Virginia Courtney

Sabrina Courville

Robert P. Couture

Robert Coven

John S. Covey

Fairman C. Cowan

Lori Cowee

Carol Cox

Jessica Cox

Melinda Coyle

Thomas Coyle

David Coyne

Daniel T. Craig

Susan Crandall

Regina Cranford

Alfred F. Crommett

Ingrid H. Cronholm

Patricia Cronican

Joan M. Cronin

James Crosby

Constance Cross

Roland H. Crossley

Melbourne C. Crouse

Jean M. Crowe

Joan L. Crowell

David Crowley

William J. Cundiff

Julie Cunningham

Thomas H. Cunningham

Robert Curran

Jonathan Curtis

Mary Jean Cusick

Douglas A. Cutler

Patricia Cutler

Gilda T. D'Agostino

Michael Daignault

John L. Dalli

Joseph W. Daly

Laurie D'Amico

Jonathan Dandridge

Lucy A. D'Angelo

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