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Farmington Rec good news

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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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]