I am so pleased to write this letter in support of Bettyann Sheats’ candidacy for Senate District 20. Bettyann has admirably served her community in many ways. As a two-term state representative she was a thoughtful dedicated public servant who listened carefully to her constituents and considered all sides of an issue. She found common […]

I ask all my American brothers and sisters: What happened to patriotism? Our forefathers fought and died to ensure our freedom, but today that’s far removed from the minds of so many Americans who fail to appreciate this sacrifice, thus weakening America with dissension from within. The tenets of a democracy are fragile, but both […]

At Community Concepts we work with families who face significant barriers to getting basic services for their children, and we see first-hand how these barriers prevent children from getting dental care. There are few dental practices taking new MaineCare patients, and those that do are often so far away that getting children to dental checkups […]

I’m appalled at the behavior of Sen. Lisa Keim, R-Senate District 18, during the Judiciary Committee work sessions on a bill intended to provide clean drinking water to the Passamaquoddy reservation at Sipayik. Clean drinking water is a human right. For more than 40 years, the Passamaquoddy at Sipayik, in Washington County, have been living […]

I wonder how long are we going to tolerate the Russian atrocities and expect the Ukrainians to “compromise.” If someone broke into a person’s house, killed their kids and burned their house, would they compromise? What is there to compromise? If the Ukrainians let the Russians off with everything they have done and let them […]

I am one of the Auburn citizens mentioned in Jim Wellehan’s letter to the editor who spoke against shrinking the Lake Auburn watershed boundary at the March 21 City Council meeting. The last geophysical and hydrologic study of the impact area was done in 1993, and even then it concluded that “correlations between the bedrock […]

I wonder, why change the zoning around Auburn water supply? Auburn has many acres of available land to build housing and development on. Who is going to profit from this development? Historically housing with water views and/or near a lake is for the wealthy. We need affordable housing. People should look around the world; water […]

The U.S. Senate recently voted 49-44 in support of a resolution to halt President Biden’s overreaching and unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. I applaud Sen. Susan Collins for standing up for freedom by voting in support of the resolution, and I express my disappointment that Sen. Angus King voted in opposition. In […]

Recent actions by some on the Lewiston City Council have been hypocritical, callous and undemocratic. First the Council decided to take away the public’s voice by reversing course on a referendum to establish a Charter Commission. Then some members refused to vote in support of a highly qualified appointee to the Planning Board and remained […]

Lake Auburn, without treatment, is the water supply for Lewiston and Auburn. But a zoning change passed by Auburn’s city council on March 21 might change that. It would allow development along Gracelawn Road, where there is a gravel pit and an old dump. Wells drilled there 15 years ago showed water flowing south, but […]