Letters to the Editor - The County

Letters to the Editor

Lunch served with a surprise

To the editor: My son and I were sitting in The Irish [Setter] Pub, right next to where the car crashed into it last week. Glass shards spewed forth -- beside us, never landing upon us.

Help for retirement savings

To the editor: Most of us were taught the importance of saving for the future, but if there is a barrier to saving then we probably won’t do it.

New EMS group making progress

To the editor: Sometime after the first week of January 2021, 13 area towns received bills for their Houlton Ambulance Service contracts, without any prior warning, that are four times what the towns had budgeted. In other words, the bills went from $16.74 per capita to $74 per capita.

In support of Sen. Collins

To the editor: As a former County Chairman of the Republican Party, I am horrified by the recent actions taken by the Aroostook County GOP to formally censure Sen. [Susan] Collins for her vote to impeach President Trump.

The first to experience Easter

To the editor: In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene on Easter morning is the first to go alone to Jesus’ tomb. Her love for Jesus draws her back to where she saw his body laid.

City Hall plan needs rethinking

To the editor: The City Council should take a long pause on the construction bid to renovate City Hall and allow time for reflection and the intrusion of common sense.

Great guns

To the editor: Recently we have read and heard about sanctuary towns. We hear about the Second Amendment. We hear about guns being taken from us. By whom will our guns be taken?

Iraq war and others

To the editor: Eighteen 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.

Gun fetish

To the editor: Merriam-Webster defines a fetish as “…an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion.” It seems to me that many people fetish over guns.

Questioning Van Buren’s police choice

To the editor: Van Buren closed the police station in December. Why? They say it’s because they cannot find anyone to hire. A nation with 7 percent unemployment cannot find an officer to employ?

A wake-up call for world democracies

To the editor: The first months of 2021 have been marked by insurrectionary movements in many democratic nations. Myanmar, Niger, and even the United States have experienced violent post-election turmoil that threatens the legitimacy of their democratic institutions.

Embracing truth for Lent

To the editor: “This is the true and central programme of the Lenten Season: to listen to the word of truth, to live, speak and do what is true, to refuse falsehood that poisons humanity and is the vehicle of all evils.

Protect identity when filing taxes

To the editor: Before you begin the annual process of calculating how much money you owe/are owed by the federal government this tax season, I would urge you to first apply for an IP PIN number through the IRS website.

Thankful for clinic

To the editor: We want to thank everyone involved with the COVID vaccine center at the Northern Maine Community College, run by the Northern Light [A.R. Gould] Hospital.

My second miracle

To the editor: As we drove up Edgemont Drive on Feb. 17 at 1:15 p.m., my spirits were high. We were directed to the Northern Maine Community College Wellness Center and told there was no waiting line today. How great.

From a grateful veteran

To the editor: I would like to thank all first responders and our heroes in hospitals, children’s hospitals and nursing homes, especially at [Northern Light A.R. Gould] hospital.

Bill would create crucial alert system

To the editor: On Feb. 8, 2021, a hearing was held before the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety discussing LD 28: An Act To Create an Alert System To Notify the Public When a Person with an Intellectual or Developmental Disability Is Missing.

Potential pollution in Pickett Mountain area

To the editor: Your article of Feb. 10, 2021 [Maine tribes worry that Aroostook County mining project will pollute local waters] outlines some of the concern over potential pollution if mineral exploration in the Pickett Mountain area becomes a mining actuality.

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