I’m writing in response to Bill Van Tassel’s letter, published March 11. Really? Is he serious? I’m not sure what planet he’s living on, but I have watched four and one half years of an evil, hateful man, whose name I don’t even want to utter. What he has tried to do to our American […]

I must challenge claims in Alex Titcomb’s letter published Feb. 24, “NECEC won’t tarnish Maine’s woods.” It appears Alex’s exposure to the proposed corridor zone is limited to Route 201, an existing corridor bisecting the industrial timberlands of Somerset County. Unlike the swath of internationally-shared wilderness NECEC would permanently bisect, these forests are regenerated to […]

All the states that take part in Daylight Savings Time should move the clock ahead a half hour, and leave it at that. I believe this to be the better solution than what is done presently. The idea of not turning the clocks back at all in the fall is not feasible. I remember back […]

I just finished a reread of “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl — an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher and author. Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, writes correctly that there is only one race — the human race. However, he divides humanity into two groups: decent and indecent. In addition to his vast background in psychotherapy, […]

In the Feb. 18 Sun Journal article “Lewiston approves $23M capital improvement plan,” there is a paragraph referring to revaluation. It reads as follows: “Lewiston homes, on average, are assessed and taxed at 82% of their market value, while commercial and industrial properties in Lewiston are assessed at 91% of their value. A revaluation would […]