To the Editor: We hope this find you safe and well.  We were sorry that we had to cancel our Spring programs, a concert by the State Street Traditional Jazz Band, and the spring concert by the Maine Mountain Chamber Music group. We are pleased, however, to have sponsored a production of Our Town, directed […]

To the Editor: I’d like to suggest that Lance Harvell would make a good and useful county commissioner. I met him shortly after I retired and moved back to Farmington. He showed up at my door to find out why a Republican had a Janet Mills sign on his lawn. I explained that I had […]

To the Editor: We are well aware that this is an election year, and what a memorable year it has been! Turmoil has abounded with the COVID 19 pandemic, the increase in violence across this nation, quarrels between and among people on the local level about health and safety measures, questions of corruption, including an […]

To the Editor: I encourage you to vote for Jan Collins for the Maine Senate in District 17. I worked with Jan at Jay High School where she taught chemistry and I have known her for many years. I am impressed with her intelligence, good work ethic, concern for the welfare of others, and her unusual […]

To the Editor: I want to thank Deborah Burke for sharing with us her awakening to ” the injustices people of color have had to endure in this country for generations.”  Her letter in the October 2 Franklin Journal is another step towards more and more white people realizing that we can change our attitudes […]

To the Editor: I’m writing to you in support of Jan Collins’ candidacy for Maine Senate District #17.  I have known Jan for many years and in many capacities—as a teacher, a small business owner, an environmental steward and an advocate for prison reform.  I serve with Jan on the Board of Visitors of the […]

To the Editor: To my friends in this very broken Country: I wrote a letter to the editor on February 14, 2020 that was just as unfriendly as this. Valentine’s Day is a friendly and loving time of the year. I cannot be loving and friendly of President Trump and his actions of the last […]

To the Editor: Tiffany Maiuri is all of the above. The words describe her years of service at both the municipal and county levels of government in Franklin County. That is why I am voting for her on November 3 to represent District 1 (Temple, Wilton, Jay, Carthage, Washington and Perkins Townships) on the Board […]

To the Editor: We are continually reminded how lucky we are to live in a beautiful and simply special part of the state; just take a moment to stop by one of our unique lakes, look up at the hills and mountains, slow down to watch deer in a field and chat with neighbors at […]

To the Editor: Human experiences,by their very nature, are unpredictable. I have known Ian Collins for over forty years as a teacher, colleague, and friend, and she has consistently exemplified the ideal of making a positive difference. I saw Jan “in action” as I drove her around Wilton Farmington, and Jay, and watched her campaign […]