To the Editor: Do you know the how Maine became multicultural? It all began in the 1500’s when traders from Europe and the multinational colony that was established on Newfoundland in 1520 started building trade relations. We know from ship’s logs and diary entries that cultural exchange began immediately. The French say my earliest recorded […]

To the Editor: I am writing in support of LD 996 An Act To Improve Dental Health Access for Maine Children and Adults with Low Incomes to honor my loving aunt, who died three years ago from complications of throat cancer. My aunt was that special person who had only to hear of a need […]

To the Editor: In a FOX News interview reported on March 16, Donald Trump strongly urged people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 just as he and his wife, Melania, did in January (https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-urges-all-americans-to-get-covid-vaccine-its-a-safe-vaccine).  In the interview he said, “I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it. […]

To the Editor: On March 26, The Franklin Journal published my letter calling on Representative Scott Landry to vote “ought to pass” on LD 125. This bill would prevent helicopters from spraying glyphosate and other toxic herbicides over large tracts of Maine’s forest. These pesticides can drift and contaminate farmlands forcing organic farm families to […]