Do people ever wonder when the taxpayers of this state will stand up and say enough is enough? We have the state supplying $3.5 million to house undocumented immigrants free of charge for two years in Brunswick. That is not all that they are giving these immigrants, while a lot of the elderly in this […]

As kids we encountered schoolyard bullies. A few kids become allies of the bullies. A few kids stood up to the bullies. The majority of kids did their best to avoid the bullies and to stay out of the way. Almost all kids knew that a bully was not a person to admire, a bully […]

This is in response to Moe Galarneau’s letter published Jan. 11, “Police aren’t above the law.” Mr. Galarneau is absolutely right; police aren’t above the law. He saw an Auburn police cruiser committing a speeding violation and submitted a Freedom of Access Act request for the GPS data for the cruiser in question. Once the […]

I always take a moment to read the “Looking Back” column; I usually focus on the “100 Years Ago” entries since they tend to be the most charming, such as an entry a few weeks ago describing a man who showed up at City Hall offering to chop wood to pay his taxes. (His offer […]

I have lived in Lewiston for 40 years. The last 12 years of my professional career I was the executive director of Community Clinical Services, a federally qualified health center affiliated with St. Mary’s Health System. I was in charge of 23 sites, including five school-based health centers. It was clear then that substance use […]

I write in response to the letter regarding Donald Trump’s evangelicals (“‘Trump’s evangelicals have taken Christ out of Christianity’,” Jan. 13). This letter was well written and accurate until the paragraph that begins with “President Biden is a Christian and member of the Catholic Church.” This is where the difference lies: A true Christian has […]

I write as the mother of an adult son very ill with schizophrenia who is refusing help, about to run out of money, and become homeless in southern Maine next week. Given recent events, I feel I must speak out because what many people do not realize is how potentially dangerous untreated schizophrenics can be. […]

Hypocrisy, according to the Oxford dictionary, is “the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform.” Ryan Smith is a new member of Auburn’s Planning Board. This is not only subtraction by addition, it is also hypocrisy at its worst. First, Smith’s appointment removed longtime member […]

Legislative Document No. 1788, An Act to Establish the Office of the Inspector General of Child Protection, creates that office to investigate cases of death, serious injury and abuse or neglect of children in state custody or receiving child welfare or juvenile justice services. I fully support the proposal to require an independent investigation into […]

I write in response to Elliott Epstein’s Jan. 14 column, “Israel has no choice but to fight this way.” This is well stated; a great explanation of where Israel is at. This area of the world has been at war since creation. Hamas pummeled Gaza with 3,000-plus rockets and other artillery, attacking and kidnapping civilians […]