A front page Sun Journal article (April 6) indicated that Democratic Congressman Jared Golden voted with the president “9.5 percent of the time.” In contradiction, according to Portland’s Maine Sunday Telegram, his votes on the issues reported were almost fully in lock-step with liberal Democrat 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. The article appears to reassure […]

People who work in Maine need sick pay because sometimes they get sick and need to stay home with their illness so as not spread it. Or, if they have a family, their children get sick and they need to be able to stay home to take care of the children. Many people do not […]

Home fires kill seven people every day in the United States. Our fire departments and the American Red Cross are joining forces to change that. On April 27, we will visit homes in New Auburn and on and around Pleasant Street (Ward 7 Area) in Lewiston to install free smoke alarms and provide preparedness tips […]

Wow! Mary Jane Newell really, really has a problem with Democrats. She made that very clear in her letter to the editor (March 23) in which she accused Democrats of being a shameful, shameful communism-driven bunch of “losers and hypocrites.” As one of “them,” I am greatly offended being characterized as such. Nothing could be […]

LD 1074, “An Act To Establish a Tax on Water Extracted for Bottling in Order To Secure the Economic Future of Rural Maine” is one of the most important pieces of legislation to be considered this year. It is only about bottled water, not any other uses of water. It would provide access to education […]

Understanding that my views seem to be in the minority with regard to the #MeToo movement and the “politically correct” thinking that has taken over most of this country, I trundle ahead regardless. For the “politically correct” police, all I can say is that their ardor and fight to make all language bland and robbed […]

I write to urge support for LD 165 “An Act To Prohibit the Use of Handheld Phones and Devices While Driving,” sponsored by Sen. Bill Diamond. As a motorcyclist, the bill is of particular importance. It clarifies distracted driving due to hand held electronic devices, as well as circumstances where hands-free electronic devices, such as […]

Andrew Rice began his excellent story (Sun Journal, April 6) on the recent robotic competition noting that the Androscoggin Bank Colisee would be like a whole other planet. I remember growing up in Lewiston when high school years at St. Dom’s also were fun, although we did not have robots to work with. Young people […]

This is in response to a story in the Sun Journal, March 23, regarding Steve Etzel’s find of World War I artifacts. The story mentioned how he was wondering where the artifacts he found could be kept. The answer to that question, at least in part, appeared in the Sun Journal March 18, in another […]

Maine LD 820 states that any insurance policy, including MaineCare, that offers maternity coverage must also provide coverage for early abortion. Maine law already says that the state shall “not restrict a woman’s exercise of her private decision to terminate a pregnancy before viability…” (Maine state statute 1598). All over the country, women’s reproductive rights […]