Opinion

1 year ago

Investing in America

To the editor:
Mr. Freeman stated in his letter to The County on April 30 that “President Trump inherited a good economy in 2025, with strong job growth and with inflation dropping from a peak of 9.1 percent in June 2022 to 2.9 in December 2024, partly due to the skillful guidance of federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.”

1 year ago

Beware of crypto scams

To the editor:
It is very likely that most Mainers, even if they have never used a cryptocurrency ATM, have seen them in neighborhood grocery stores, convenience stores or liquor stores.

1 year ago

Returning to my ‘Yarns’

It has been far too long since I have written a “Northern Yarn” and I apologize.  The book I spoke of so many times over the years has finally come to fruition and so far, the interest as well as the sale of the book have more than met all of my dreams and expectations.  

1 year ago

Joining lineage societies

Have you ever wondered if you qualify for membership in a lineage society or how to join a fraternal organization — or if you have Scottish roots, how to join a clan?

2 years ago

It is Trump’s economy now

To the editor:

In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt stood on his steel-braced legs in front of 100,000 cheering supporters in Philadelphia and denounced the “economic royalists.”

2 years ago

Are we still the greatest nation?

To the editor:
For a long time, the Republican Party has been one of the loudest voices of American exceptionalism. No more.