What is happening in America and the rest of the world is beyond understanding. The use of drugs and guns are everyday occurrences. The age group committing many of these crimes are juveniles to late 20s. Some parents are too lenient when it comes to disciplining their kids. Schoolteachers fear for their lives, especially when […]

As a resident of Dixfield and ally for those in recovery, I am writing to share and illustrate the impact recovery community centers have in combating substance use disorder. Although I don’t face the daily struggles of SUD, I have physical disabilities and have family battling addiction all of my life. These experiences have instilled […]

Citizens of Auburn need to wake up. What is wrong with our city leaders? They see money in the short term so they give permission to strip and destroy the land around our drinking water. That will lead to more pollution in the lake and will mean we will have to spend even more tax […]

LD 1748 — a bill that would eliminate the requirement for a town to hold a school budget referendum vote unless the district receives a sizeable citizen petition to do that — is another scheme that I feel has been put forward by the teachers unions to raise taxes for the school budget every year […]

At the recent Lobster Festival, the mayor of Auburn was announcing a band. In his introduction of the members, he stated some were from the “the city across the river that shall not be named.” At least half of the people in the crowd were from Lewiston, and this is not the first time he […]

Guns don’t aim themselves and pull their own triggers. Millions of people own guns and don’t choose to shoot others. More gun laws would only limit law-abiding people from protecting their family or themselves. Laws only work for the people who follow the rules. Others who are mentally stressed, unheard and determined can and will […]

I could not agree more with Jeff Ham’s letter (“Auburn leaders should step back, listen to residents,” May 9). It is painfully obvious that the mayor and most members of Auburn’s City Council and Planning Board are not the least bit interested in considering what citizens want in terms of development. Why else would the […]

In the film “The Verdict” there’s a touching summation given to a jury by Paul Newman, in defense of a comatose woman who’s been left that way through a hospital’s malpractice. For me, it’s the most remarkable speech in film history — and in a real way that hospitalized person can be viewed as a […]

We are living in a very dangerous time. The war in Ukraine was started in 2014 when the U.S. played a major role in overthrowing the democratically-elected president of Ukraine. U.S. military advisors and Central Intelligence Agency personnel were placed in Ukraine. The U.S. helped place a massive amount of troops and military equipment along […]

Without getting into the intricacies of infrastructure, I wonder why we haven’t heard of the increased cost of running the city of Auburn with all the new development. Just think about the added teachers, more firemen, police, highway department, road repair and school bus drivers, and it just keeps going. This does not even take […]