I write in support of Mayor Carl Sheline. I am relatively new to Lewiston, having lived here for one year. We moved here last January from Florida. Since arriving here I have been so impressed with Mayor Sheline. He is so committed to making Lewiston a better, safer place for all of our citizens. He […]

I understand that the Franco Center is changing its name to Riverfront Performing Arts & Events. If that is the case, I am deeply offended. And whoever is making this decision should be removed from their position. I am a Lewiston native who spoke only French growing up, and which eventually led to my living […]

The majority of the Lewiston City Council has, once again, shown that they are more concerned with punishing those who disagree with them than with actually governing. Their Feb. 21 censure of Mayor Carl Sheline for something that was never even done was nothing more than flexing their political muscle to try to show that […]

Desperation causes desperate people to do desperate things. There are millions of desperate people worldwide who are looking for a new place to call home. Never mind the desperate people within our own borders who do desperate things just to survive. Hopelessness that leads to recklessness that leads to cessation of effort is a cancer […]

I’m confused. I don’t understand why the current abortion law in Maine is not sufficient, but needs to be expanded to allow abortion to occur at anytime during pregnancy, with a doctor’s approval, up to and including birth. Abortion in Maine is currently available on demand anytime without a medical reason until a baby reaches […]

I heard recently a quotation by Francis Schaeffer, Christian theologian and apologist, who said, “Christian orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.” So, after contemplating Dr. William Phillips’ letter (“U.S. ‘can do better’ than supremacists, extremists,” Feb. 23) where he imagined a better world without “right-wing evangelical extremists” whose “warped interpretation […]

“I’m proud to stand with my colleagues in support of a slate of legislation to strengthen reproductive health care laws and defend Mainers’ rights,” said Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook), president of the Maine State Senate. It sounds noble, supporting health care and defending rights. Who wouldn’t be for that? Heck, I’m for that. But people shouldn’t […]

Our family has almost completed our annual series of trips to the Cumberland County Civic Center to watch wonderful Maine high school athletes compete. Now we look forward to seeing the Class A Girls championship this weekend. Always a perfect place to watch games, this year was no exception … but … I shall now […]

On Feb. 24 I viewed a film on TV, “King in the Wilderness,” which presented the values, character and the activities of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. May I say that I personally consider, and I realize that I am a white American stating this, that I have always viewed the Rev. King as […]

Where does it end? As I write this on Feb. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments pertaining to President Biden’s college loan forgiveness program. In what world is it logical or reasonable that a sitting president has the right to forgive individual debt, then have the rest of the citizens pay it back […]