To the Editor: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. – U.S. Constitution – First Amendment There […]

To the Editor: Please vote for Randy Gauvin for Maine State Representative for District 75, of Farmington and Chesterville. My regret in this campaign is that I can’t vote for him as I don’t live in his district. I have known Randy and his family for many years through church and civic activities. After many […]

When Maine set out to develop a way to make retirement savings accessible to more workers, it was somewhat of a “field of dreams” moment for all those who had advocated for the Work & Save program including AARP Maine. We knew that access to an employer-based retirement plan would be critical for building financial […]

To the editor, For all the hand-wringing about the 2 men running for President, this election really isn’t about them. It’s about us……our families, our freedoms, our futures. Republicans want to end health insurance for millions, to undertake mass arrests and deportations, to stand idly by as the planet warms, to allow more mass shootings, […]

FARMINGTON —Stephan Bunker, a longtime Farmington select board member, veteran, and civic leader, was nominated Monday to be the Democratic candidate in House District 75 at a caucus of Democrats in Farmington and Chesterville. St. Rep. Scott Landry, D-Farmington, announced that he will resign as District 75’s Democratic nominee, after six years of service in […]

To the Editor, In the hilarious movie “Weekend at Bernie’s” two employees discovered someone was embezzling. It was their boss: Bernie. To keep them close, Bernie invited them to his wild weekend beach house party. As it started, Bernie died but people thought he was drunk, so to continue the fun, the two employees propped […]

To the Editor: Last month lawyers for the families of 9/11 victims attempting to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the support it provided those responsible presented video evidence of a Saudi operative discussing the plan months before the attacks occurred. As one who began studying the threat Marine Security Guards faced in the months that […]

To the Editor:  Trump’s conviction in New York reaffirms the principle that no one – not even a former president – is above the law in the United States of America. The evidence presented to the jury was damning, including numerous falsified documents with Trump’s signature on them. Falsification of business records is a serious […]

To the Editor: Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying his company’s business records to keep information from voters that he knew would harm his 2016 presidential campaign. Lying on official business filings is a serious criminal offense and another clear example of Trump’s pattern doing anything to gain or […]

The rocky rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) could be “catastrophic” to the college enrollment of America’s high school Class of 2024, higher education experts recently told Congress. But with public postsecondary education the engine of upward mobility, the University of Maine System (UMS) won’t let that happen to our […]