To the Editor: Dear Farmington Residents and surrounding Communities, While there does not seem to be a whole lot of “good news” floating around the right now, we would like to tell you about some of the great things coming out of the Recreation Department. Some great news! The Recreation Department has been working on […]
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OpEd / Franklin Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 Preparedness
As we at Franklin Memorial Hospital continue to navigate through the COVID-19 outbreak, I want to share with you what we are doing to serve our community, as well as provide resources to help you, your family, and your friends get through this increasingly challenging time. Here is what we’re doing to conserve resources and […]
Land owners dinner canceled
To the Editor: The Northern Lites Snowmobile Club would like to thank you the landowners for being gracious enough to allow a marked snowmobile trail across your property. Obviously without your generosity there would be no Maine Snowmobile Trail System for our members to enjoy. We truly try to show respect for your property, carry […]
To King and Pelosi
To the Editor: Dear Angus King and Nancy Pelosi – We are sending you a few pages of what Daphne and I have been up to. If you watch very carefully, you will discover that Trump is a very changed person From At state of the union message. That he delivered so terribly that night. […]
We’ll get through this
To the Editor: This situation with Covid-19 is unique in our history, and the country is being tested as never before. I have spoken to family in Boston – schools are out, Churches are closed – when we need it more than ever – and everything seems to have ground to a halt. Heavens to […]
Democracy badly needed
To the Editor: Mitch (McConnell) … You and your followers whose vote rang out guilty and not guilty, guilty and not guilty 100 times, yes, Mitch you and your party won that not guilty vote fifty-three times to our Democratic Party forty-seven. Mitch if you had been willing to share with a Democratic Party, had […]
Politics is control
To the Editor: I was browsing on Facebook one day and saw this saying, and thought, “Boy, that really hits the nail on the head. So, I wanted to share it with folks who do not have Facebook or who did not happen to get it. So here it is: “People often say I’m not […]
Question 1: Maine’s 31st People’s Veto Referendum
March 3 – for the first time in 20-years – Maine will have a presidential primary election. It will be only the third time in the state’s history such an event will be taking place – the others being 1996 and 2000. The date marks, however, a somewhat more familiar though still unusual landmark in […]
The honest party
To the Editor: I believe that I am hearing some things from Washington that I may owe a few people a thank you for. Mitch McConnell, not more than five weeks ago many members of our Democratic Party put together a fabulous list of the many problems Trump has caused. Those same people also did […]
GUEST COLUMN/ Children’s healthy development, school readiness can reduce crime
I recently had the honor of testifying before the Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee in favor of LD 1760, “An Act To Support Children’s Healthy Development and School Readiness.” If passed, LD 1760 would establish community-based, comprehensive, high-quality early child care and learning programs for at-risk Maine kids. I offered my views as a […]