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Letters to the Editor

Substance-free for October

October marks Sober October, a worldwide movement to reflect on alcohol and substance abuse. Sober October involves making a pledge to yourself to not use alcohol or other substances.

Don’t sink the ship

To the editor: Everyone’s heard that too many rats scrambling aboard a sinking ship will sink it. We as a nation are doing all we can to stay afloat with the people we've got now and the approximately one million legal immigrants we allow in every year.

Talking out of both sides

To the editor: In May 2020, I wrote a letter to the editor asking “how low will a group of people go?” Today, I think we can ask that question again. It has certainly been answered over the past 16 months, after more than 60 cases in the United States of America Courts being thrown out or dismissed because of zero merit or proof of the complaint, including the Supreme Court, according to PolitiFact.com.

‘Living Well’ makes a difference

To the editor: As someone living with a chronic anxiety disorder/complex posttraumatic stress disorder, I'm proud to be able to volunteer my time to facilitate Healthy Living for ME online workshops.

Landlord seeks promised funds

To the editor: I have read that 89 percent of the federal funds for housing assistance has not been distributed, according to an August report in the New York Times.

Please consider being vaccinated

To the editor: I write this letter as a plea for help. As a member of this community and physician for 21 years, I am devastated at the destruction COVID-19 has caused. I have and continue to witness firsthand the disability and death it is causing in this community that I love and call home.

A tragedy and a plea

To the Editor: As a resident of 145th District, I was troubled to learn that our own elected State Rep. Chris Johansen and his wife Cindy (corresponding secretary of the Aroostook County Republicans) had both contracted COVID-19 (BDN, July 23; Maine Public, July 24, et al).

What Olympics are all about

To the editor: To be totally candid, I avoided watching this summer’s Olympics like the plague -- not because I had a sudden aversion to world-class sports and seat-of-your-pants competition, but because I had no desire to see the tantrums of spoiled, entitled athletes spitting on and protesting the very country that gave them all the opportunities in the world.

Child-care system needs immediate support

To the editor: Recent news articles have provided important insight into the child care crisis Maine is facing. While the crisis has been looming for years, the pandemic has worsened it.

Bring common sense to the table

To the editor: Recently there have been protests about the recent vaccination mandates for health care workers and the use of masks. I do support the premise that we should have freedom of choice.

Talking marijuana difficult, but necessary

To the editor: As our local municipal governments consider opting in or opting out of allowing marijuana businesses into our communities, here are some public health concerns discovered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a division of the National Institutes of Health.

Health care worker vaccine requirements are bad for business

To the Editor: Very recently, Maine used its powers under this public health emergency to require mass vaccination of health care employees against COVID-19 with a deadline of Oct. 1, 2021.

Anger directed at wrong target

To the editor: So Americans were sick of the angry orange man. He just had to go. It didn’t seem to matter all he had accomplished, how strong he had made America, how energy independent he’d made us, how North Korea and the Middle East had reacted positively to his policies, how the southern border was well on its way to becoming secure.

Collins advocates for The County

To the editor: Here in Aroostook County, we are fortunate to have one of our very own representing us in the U.S. Senate. Nobody is a stronger advocate for our rural communities than Senator Susan Collins.

Infrastructure funding would aid County

To the editor: I lead the Aroostook Partnership, which is essentially a private/public partnership focused on all things economic development in northern Maine.

Congregational Church has been a beacon for many

To the editor: As the First Congregational Church of Houlton, United Church of Christ, celebrates its final day of worship, my heart is filled with sadness for its members and friends, and gratitude for its ministry.

Coming home

To the editor: We came home last week -- after 35 years.

Severe blood shortage

To the editor: As uncertain as the past year has been, one constant has been the need for lifesaving blood. Many people rely on the generosity of volunteer donors to help receive the blood and platelet transfusions they rely on. However, our supply is at a critical level right now.

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