Letters to the Editor - The County

Letters to the Editor

Demonologist story was not responsible journalism

To the editor: I’m writing to protest the biased reporting of your November 2 article “A demonologist is coming to Aroostook to banish a curse.” It is irresponsible journalism to write about the notion of possession from a purely religious perspective, without mentioning the scientific consensus that there is no evidence that demons exist.

Miss Jordyn will give small businesses a voice

To the editor: Our community depends on small businesses, but right now business owners in rural Maine are having a hard time with staffing due to the shortage of qualified workers. Jordyn Rossignol doesn’t just understand these challenges — she lives them. That is why she is running to represent us in the Maine House of Representatives.

Jackson has this diehard Republican’s support

To the editor: Two years ago, my family ran into an issue with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection at our Long Lake lot. A couple of things did not add up, so I contacted a number of elected officials, including Troy Jackson, hoping someone could help sort this out.

Fienberg’s voice is needed

To the editor: State Senate District 2 covers a large, rural portion of Aroostook and Penobscot counties. We're facing unprecedented challenges: higher costs, scarce resources, overwhelming infrastructure needs, and a political machine that would just as soon have us all fighting each other, rather than working to help us to get things done.

Attention parents

To the editor: During COVID, states with Democratic governors kept their states shut down for longer, saying they were following Centers for Disease Control guidelines. Other Republican-led states, like Florida and South Dakota, hardly shut down at all. Weknow now how harmful these shutdowns were to the children who couldn’t attend schools in person for well over a year.

Kevin for Maine

To the editor: Kevin Freeman is the strongest candidate to represent Aroostook in the Maine House of Representatives, District 5. He is the one with the deepest understanding of important problems facing Aroostook County and Maine, and he has the experience and know-how to achieve best solutions.

Vote for the rational

To the editor: As we approach the election on Nov. 8, we must take seriously Republicans' expressed desire to end or drastically curtail Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, support for Ukraine, environmental regulation, worker rights and voter rights, to name just a few issues.

Choose Fienberg for Senate

To the editor: I am writing in support of Danielle Fienberg for the Maine State Senate. Granted, she has an uphill battle against Aroostook royalty, as personified by her opponent. They represent two very different attitudes toward what The County needs.

Media aren’t preparing voters

To the editor: Election day is less than a month away. Our local media, print and television, are doing an abysmal job of providing voters with the information necessary to cast an informed vote. I haven't seen any candidate profiles, coverage of policy positions or sponsoring of debates.

Please pick up after your dog

To the editor: To the person(s) who bag their dog poo and throw the bag and contents into the tall grass on the woods line: Wrong. The correct method is to pick up droppings, tie the bag off and carry it with you to a proper receptacle to dispose of it.

Cast your vote for Jackson

To the editor: There is no question that Troy Jackson is the best person to represent us in the Maine Senate. No matter how busy the man is, he always makes time for those who need him. Last week, Troy stopped by my house to hear my concerns as a small Maine farmer.

Jackson stands up for parents

To the editor: Three years ago, all the children living in Cross Lake and attending school in Fort Kent, like mine, were informed that they had to attend a different school district. We were told it was due to a busing issue.

Harmful and hateful

To the editor: Jared Golden said that he had the backs of American people. Well, I don’t agree with that, but I do know in the last 20 months he has voted to put an almost $5 trillion debt on the backs of the American people.

Henderson for school board

To the editor: Nov. 8 is an important date for the future of our country, our state and our communities. Our children are our future and we need to make certain we don't fail them.

Playing devil’s advocate

To the editor: It amazes me that now, within three weeks of the elections, we hear Democrats suddenly trumpeting Republican stances on practically every issue Americans have pointed to as priorities: inflation and the economy, the wide-open southern border, spiking fuel prices, crime.

Going it alone is no benefit

To the editor: Few things matter more to Caribou than connecting all our friends and families to high-speed broadband internet. Almost 300 homes don’t have access to this essential service, leaving them at a terrible risk of falling behind — economically, educationally, you name it.

Grateful and thankful

I have for years read the Presque Isle Star-Herald and every week or so I am so grateful that I have been blessed with such great opinions on subjects I already knew on some of the viewpoints.

Paradis will work for important issues

To the editor: The car coming in our driveway had a license plate with Fizzit on it. Indeed, it was House of Representative for District 2 candidate Ben Paradis, a native of Frenchville, son of Lucien and Marie, one of 12 siblings.

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