I would like to thank the Lewiston City Council for voting with compassion on June 30 and retaining General Assistance for legal asylum seekers currently surviving on GA until they are able to work legally in their new country. I am deeply saddened that the council was unable to embrace all who need help due […]

What a breath of fresh air to see Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature working together in a bipartisan manner for the benefit of all Maine people. There is hope for the future. May this continue in the coming months and years. Carl Beckett, Mechanic Falls

In a follow up to Mark Laflamme’s column “Street Talk: Inconsiderate E.T.s never show up on time” (July 1), well, on July 1, 1990 they did. Ten acorn-shaped Unidentified Flying Objects were accidentally captured by my Canon 35 mm camera while hovering over a distant hillside in California. Within three months I had found a […]

Our governor, Paul LePage, has never been known to approach problems with finesse, only straight talk. His metaphors can be alarming if taken literally. The news media can’t wait to display his words in headlines even though he is using figures of speech that many people use to express themselves. What the media does not […]

I would like to thank Mark LaFlamme (column of June 27) for being a voice of reason in this crazy debate about the Confederate flag. We feel, as he does, that most of the public are being blinded by carefully constructed rhetoric. People need to blow off the dust from their bookshelves and actually read […]

Here we go again. A victory for the gay community will cost us plenty. Like all cults, the religious groups have brainwashed their flock to have nothing to do with the gay community. All 50 states are now in sync, which means that marriage licenses will be issued to same-sex couples. Meanwhile, brainwashed clerks are […]

Gov. LeRage — what an appropriate name for a man who is an ignorant bully and a huge embarrassment to our beautiful state. I am ashamed that we have to call this man our governor. His remarks about Rep. Peggy Rotundo were outrageous. She has done more for the people of Maine than LeRage could […]

I wasn’t able to attend the meeting on State Route 4 on June 11 and have not seen any info in the paper on the outcome. That said, I wish to add my comments here. There is nothing wrong with the physical nature of the highway. It is the mentality of some of the motorists […]

For the governor of our state to stand up in front of 200 boys and say he would like to “shoot” someone because that person disagrees with him is criminal. What an irresponsible message to give to young people, especially in this day of tragic random shootings. Asking the governor to apologize to the person […]

Once again, Gov. Paul LePage embarrassed the good people of Maine with his careless comments. If a citizen were to voice what he has voiced in saying that he’d “like to shoot” members of the publicly-voted Legislature, they would be arrested. Seems to me that LePage should be thrown in jail. Mr. LePage obviously does […]