This letter is in praise and gratitude for the Nov. 25 Fatuma Hussein guest column. I read it with complete agreement with her sentiments regarding our hard-working teachers. All of our lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus, but many of us do not have the extra burdensome workload endured by our educators and […]

It was refreshing  to see in an otherwise nasty election cycle that a couple of Mainers, Bill Cohen and Jared Golden, could lift themselves out of the muck. First, Cohen endorsed Golden as clearly the best candidate, then Golden — a combat veteran — endorsed Trump’s plan to remove U.S. troops from the Afghan war. […]

Trump’s personal ATM machine, i.e., his devoted followers, has moved on to post-election “donations,” allegedly for legal challenges to election results. However, of the $200-plus million slush fund raised since the election, only about $9 million has actually gone to that. To add insult to injury, only individual contributions in excess of $6,000 actually go […]

In his paranoically-titled column, “Worship the state, or else” (Dec. 3), Cal Thomas saluted the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that struck down New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order imposing attendance limits on places of worship in COVID-19 hot spots. What Thomas sees in such orders is creeping totalitarianism, which, if left unchecked, will inevitably lead […]

I am an old Navy veteran, fed up with our voting fraud argument. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, I was a senior in high school, wanting to enlist in the Navy and avenge the act. I was too young, and my father would not consent before graduation in May. In June 1942, I enlisted. World […]

As we enter the winter months, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to reach new heights both in Maine and across America. More than 20% of the cases recorded in Androscoggin County since the pandemic began have been identified in the last two weeks. Maine is rapidly approaching 200 deaths, a terrible loss but only the […]

The importance of having mental health services available for Mainers during the pandemic is a serious issue. The article published in the Sun Journal (Nov. 23) on the increased demand for mental health services identified those provided by the Maine Crisis Line and the Maine Intentional Warmline. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Department […]

One of the definitions of essential, according to Webster’s dictionary is: “of the utmost importance.” Oh really? Here we sit, eight months into a global pandemic and what has the state, or federal government, done to help those working with developmental disabilities? Short answer: nothing. The staff that support people with developmental disabilities are the […]

I grew up here, went to college here, and after working construction in Wyoming for 4 years, I decided to move back to Maine. Why? Because everyone who calls this state home, regardless of political affiliation, understands how deeply their community is connected to their environment. I am 27 and work as a carpenter building […]

As an asylum seeker, living in Maine for three years and 11 months, my major concern is our future living in Maine. There are many changes being implemented in the federal immigration system that are impacting the lives of many asylum seekers in this state. I work as a DSP, CRMA And CNA in a […]