Letters to the Editor

4 months ago

Vote no on 1

To the editor: Are you afraid or just tired of being played?  A month before a significant election about voting rights and fraud a Newburgh woman “found“ 250 ballots in a “tampered” Amazon package.  Also, the same amount of ballots were reported missing from Ellsworth. We are now getting mail bombed by flyers from Voter […]

4 months ago

Please protect Medicare plans

To the editor:  As a senior citizen in Maine who utilizes a Medicare Advantage plan, I am writing to urge our legislators to protect this important program from possible future cuts that could put this program at risk.  Medicare Advantage is a wonderful program that provides more coverage and benefits than traditional Medicare. It provides […]

4 months ago

They’ll remember who helped

To the editor: I’m befuddled that someone from what I see as the whitest county (Aroostook) in the whitest state (Maine) would say to black and brown citizens living in gang-infested, crime-ridden communities in any large city you can name, where during the summer months tens are killed and scores are shot and injured every […]

4 months ago

Join us for No Kings rally

To the editor,
After the war of independence 250 years ago, American patriots set up a form of government designed to guarantee against the authoritarian rule of a king.

4 months ago

Be careful with Question 1

To the editor:
I invite all Mainers to pay close attention to referendum Question 1. It’s not only voter suppression.

4 months ago

Donald Trump is committing treason

To the editor:
President Trump’s illegal federalization and forcible deployment of the National Guard has been well reported.

4 months ago

Voter ID misinformation

In my humble opinion, Secretary of State Bellows is attempting to manipulate the outcome of the voter ID referendum.

4 months ago

Voting no on Question 1

To the editor:
Question 1, if passed by Maine voters, will require every voter to present a photo ID at the polls.

4 months ago

Accountability applies to all

To the editor:
On behalf of the Maine Town, City and County Management Association and in my capacity as its president,

5 months ago

Peace for Gaza, peace for us

To the editor:
My 5-year-old daughter, Hannah, recently asked me, “Why can’t they just stop fighting each other?” I struggled to answer her simple yet profoundly complex question.