2 weeks ago

County residents help each other through storms

Big hats off to our city and state transportation department workers.

2 weeks ago

Elected officials must remember to serve ‘We the People’

The first paragraph of the U.S. Constitution is as follows: “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence,

2 weeks ago

Maine produce could ease food insecurity

The issue of hunger in Maine is not an unfamiliar dilemma, and statistics confirm that it will not be going away anytime soon.

2 weeks ago

Amazing display of Caribou Viking pride

What I experienced on Saturday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland was nothing less than amazing.

3 weeks ago

Experience sours traveler on use of United Airlines out of PI

I once had a friend who traveled to a remote location for work and had such a horrible travel experience he said he would never return to that area again.

4 weeks ago

Stick to civics not politics

To the editor: Plainly spoken we have three distinctive branches of government.

1 month ago

MSAD 1 needs to restructure facilities to lower taxes

I hadn’t heard too much of the MSAD 1 restructuring plan since the communities voted not to fund the $15 million that the school board wanted to close Pine Street and Zippel elementary schools.

1 month ago

Milk bill would help the hungry as well as farmers and economy

One in five Maine children is food insecure and 11.1 percent of Maine people were living in poverty in 2017.

1 month ago

New law’s social ramifications

The Cuban Missile Crisis didn’t scare me as much as the [Reproductive Health Act] law passed in New York, which I consider the blatant sanction of live-birth infanticide.

1 month ago

Kindness brightens the day

To the editor: A smile or a word of appreciation from someone can turn a tough day into a sweet day.

1 month ago

Medicaid for All

Please urge legislators to pass LD 1, a bill to assure protections of the Affordable Health Care Act will continue.

1 month ago

Learn to see both sides

In one of the James Bond movies, the villain is a media mogul intent on world domination.

1 month ago

Valentine’s Day also National Donor Day

The Health Resources and Services Administration (www.HRSA.gov) is the primary federal agency responsible for oversight of the organ and blood stem cell transplant systems in the U.S. and for initiatives to increase organ donor

1 month ago

Utility wants another hike

Emera Maine is at it again.

2 months ago

Grateful for harvest reinstatement

A huge thank you to the SAD 1 school board.

2 months ago

Girls’ high school sports have come a long way, but life lessons are same

To the editor, It is the season for high school basketball, and as a former player for four years, I wanted to share my personal high school basketball experience.

2 months ago

Councilor thanks public for input

To the editor: I would like to take this time to thank each and everyone of you who turned out Monday evening (Jan. 28).

2 months ago

Carpenter should be proud of his accomplishments in MSAD 1

As a retired MSAD 1 educator and former member of the MSAD 1 School Board, I feel compelled to express my support for Brian Carpenter’s public statement in which he says, “I am proud of what I have accomplished in the three years I have been Superintendent of MSAD 1.”