Letters to the Editor - The County

Letters to the Editor

What legacy are we leaving?

To the Editor: My father taught us to “Always leave a place better than you found it.” As I write this the sky overhead is a solid gray. A local weatherman says this is due to the smoke from countless fires burning out of control in several western states.

Collins vs. Gideon

To the editor: Even if I didn't know what kind of person Sara Gideon is, I would still vote for Susan Collins. Collins has a long tenure of hard work reaching across the aisle to produce legislation that has helped both Maine businesses and Maine people.

Removal of cable news is regrettable

To the editor: More evidence that we in Aroostook County are the “other Maine,” forgotten until needed.

In appreciation of a County woman

To the editor: Thank you for the excellent article about Glenna Johnson Smith. She was an extraordinary person.

Return Carpenter to the Maine Senate

To the editor: I urge you to support Mike Carpenter with your vote on or before Nov. 3.

Supporting those who support charter

To the editor: In 1967, when Caribou transitioned from a town to a city, a new charter was established. Then in 2011, a group of people were elected to serve on a charter commission to begin the process of updating it.

Helping our students spread their wings

To the editor: These challenging times have brought out some of the best in us -- as a teacher, I am so encouraged by the work of my colleagues and students. Their willingness and positivity shines through as we all adapt to the new “normal” in education.

Councilor should see petition

To the editor: In November of 2019, people of Caribou voted Doug Morrell to the [Caribou City] Council with the understanding that he was going to lower our taxes with the help of other councilors and nobody losing jobs or losing any service in the city.

Collins is working for rural hospitals

To the editor: Rural hospitals in Maine have faced extraordinary financial pressures throughout the pandemic. Congress acted swiftly at the start of the pandemic to offer support, but some of the terms of the loans and emergency funding it has extended to hospitals must be updated if they are going to weather this storm.

Food pantry appreciates community

To the editor: We at Grace Interfaith Food Table (GIFT) would like to take a moment to thank our communities that we service for helping to make our fifth annual Garden Tour a huge success.

Not my America

To the editor: Let’s update the interim scorecard for COVID-19. According to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 dashboard, on August 27, 2020, America had 5,719,841 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 177,332 COVID-19-related deaths, and Canada had 125,969 cases and 9,090 deaths.

Vote safely at the polls or from home

To the editor: As you may know, both in-person and absentee voting are available for the Nov. 3 election, and we urge you to cast your vote.

Who decides on local programming?

To the editor: I live in Aroostook County and Spectrum is my cable supplier. Recently changes have been made to the stations that we receive.

Trump’s COVID-19 behavior exposes problems

President Trump’s failure with the coronavirus shows it is time we hold him accountable for all his lies, corruption, and incompetence. The virus is a stubborn foe, but there are many calamities that strike our country.

Pray for guidance in election season

To the editor: C.S. Lewis once said that God whispers to us in our joys and pleasures, speaks to us in our consciences and shouts at us in our sufferings. We as a nation are suffering now and I believe God is shouting at us to trust in Him on this national election.

Trump is doing all right

To the editor: A recent poll reflects that only 37 percent of the public approves of President Trump’s handling of COVID-19. My question to the other 63 percent is:

Library is a local gem

To the editor: After reading in last week's Pioneer Times that Ludlow had failed to pass funding to the Cary Library during its annual budget meeting, I immediately thought of one of my favorite books of last year, Susan Orlean's “The Library Book.”

Cancer doesn’t stop, so neither can we

To the editor: Cancer doesn’t stop for a pandemic. Every day, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) continues its lifesaving work to fight cancer through public policy.

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