To the Editor: This isn’t working. 100% humidity in western Maine. Temperatures are approaching 100 degrees, too. Flooding deaths in Texas; flooding for the third year in a row in Vermont. Parts of Canada and the West are burning. Food prices are stunningly high. Retailers raising prices in anticipation of tariffs. Masked government officials whisking […]

To the Editor: In recent weeks, over 150 residents across Norway, Paris, and Oxford County signed petitions urging local law enforcement not to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement without due process. Residents of Oxford Hills are calling on our selectboards, police departments, County Sheriff, and county commissioners to stand up for community safety and […]

To the Editor: The Oxford Hills School District is right-sizing and modernizing over the next five years to provide a better education for students and savings for local property taxpayers. This work includes achieving $3 million in reductions in next year’s school budget. Please vote yes on Tuesday, June 10, at your local voting place […]

To the Editor: It is very likely that most Mainers, even if they have never used a CryptoCurrency ATM, have seen them in neighborhood grocery stores, convenience stores or liquor stores. They are easy to spot as they are designed to imitate a regular ATM. However, it is important to know that these machines are […]

To the Editor: The Sumner Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will be having its annual spring sale at the Fire Department Barn on Route 219 in Sumner on Saturday, June 7, from 9 to 2. There will be plants, a lawn sale, refreshments, and home-baked goods for sale. There will be raffles. Donations will be accepted. […]

To the Editor: Oxford is fortunate to have 5 candidates willing to serve our wonderful town as Selectmen. There are presently two seats open with the retirement of State Representative Caldwell Jackson and the end of Sharon Jackson’s current term. I am writing to my fellow neighbors in support of Sharon Jackson retaining her seat. […]

To the Editor: As a result of our annual roadside clean-up on Saturday, May 3, Otisfield’s roads are now minus a television, roofing shingles, a metal Christmas tree, auto parts, cans, bottles, and lots of trash. We had about 40 enthusiastic, hardworking volunteers, young and not so young. Our clean-up day is sponsored by the […]

To the Editor: We are offering free lilacs – you dig! I’ve traveled roads in America and other places like our northern neighbor, Canada. As I’ve driven along these roads, in some places, people have grown flowers alongside the road for my eyes to enjoy. When Marsha and I bought a house in Oxford, I […]

To the Editor: As a veteran who proudly served this nation for 20 years, I want to publicly thank Senator Susan Collins for her unwavering commitment to the State of Maine, veterans, and their families. Her support for mental health services, including suicide prevention and traumatic brain injury treatment, is saving lives. When I joined […]

To the Editor: Some people say it’s complicated. Well it got clearer to me after some people told me that the Norway Elementary School actually is still usable and does not have to be closed. I had been wondering specifically why it was necessary to do away with it. Problems: The agreement that each town […]