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Letters to the Editor

Peaceful protests promote cultural shift

To the editor: In the June 10 edition, Larry Shea asked the question, “What have the protests [regarding George Floyd’s murder] produced?” I would like to offer a response.

Supports open playgrounds

To the Editor: I became a mother overnight three years ago when my three nieces ages 9, 7 and 4 and my two nephews ages 5 and 8 entered state custody. Three years later, I am now married and my husband and I are expecting our first child.

Right cause, wrong practice

To the editor: It would be virtually impossible to find one person in America who does not condemn the murder of George Floyd by an out-of-control Minneapolis police officer.

Help make high-speed internet a reality

To the editor: Maine has the opportunity in the upcoming primary to bridge the “digital divide” and start to enable all communities large and small to have access to high-speed internet.

Question for mainstream media

To the Editor: My question to the mainstream media. Why do you instill fear and why do you instill hate?

Kids need foster families

May was National Foster Parent Appreciation month, and A Family for Me and the Department of Health and Human Services are working together to continue to spread the word about the need for foster families.

Joe Biden’s questionable character

A person’s lot in life is determined by their character, which is the sum of their inner nature that is their disposition, temperament and morals. It is their conscience that ultimately decides what choices they will freely make at critical junctures in their life.

Do the right thing

By not adhering to the guidelines we're putting our loved ones, friends, neighbors and health care works all at risk of this horrible virus. Some say it's a matter of freedom. Well, I have always heard that "Freedom isn't free.”

Thank you to our communities

Whatever you might have done, I want you to know that we could not do it without you.

Americans during a crisis

Every year Americans are confronted with natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods. Homes are leveled, businesses are destroyed. Lives altered tragically, some lives lost. We’re being hit right now by a natural disaster, a bad one that comes once a century, a deadly contagion that knows no borders.

Could ‘gift’ funds be better used?

Can $40,000 be better utilized: blight, unsafe sidewalks, rainy day fund for emergencies, such as River Road, or more chip-seal on country roads?

Phony patriotism

Enough is enough. I apologize but I can no longer idly stand by as our country is torn apart by delusion and alternative reality.

An anonym in Presque Isle

To that end, the following is my opinion of a colorful Facebook group, the “Concerned Citizens of Presque Isle.”

Trampling on our rights

As an Aroostook County business owner, I ask: How long do you think the people of the state of Maine and the United States will tolerate their rights being trampled?

Appreciates Sen. Collins’ efforts

Fortunately, Sen. Susan Collins understands our struggles intimately and has been working hard to protect our livelihoods.

Working together to lessen risk

The use of these masks would help by preventing asymptomatic carriers of the virus from spreading infected droplets as easily and would protect everyone.

A message to our communities from your four County hospitals

With COVID-19 now in Maine, your four County hospitals want you to know that we are working collaboratively to keep our communities healthy and safe.

Peaceful protest continues

To the editor: Seventeen years ago, on March 19, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. Immediately thereafter [as well as before], anti war protests began throughout Maine. The protest in Presque Isle has been continuous, in all weathers, through all these years.

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