We are members of the Maine Western Mountain Chapter of Third Act, a group of senior citizens over 60 years of age concerned about climate change. We have about 60 members from towns across western Maine. In recent years, Maine experienced extreme weather that cost us millions. Some businesses still have not reopened or resumed […]

Buckle up, we have an election coming up that could knock people out of their seat. A possible rematch is about to happen for the presidency. Expect a record amount of spending, along with negative advertising. President Biden promised us normalcy and instead delivered chaos. Drugs, inflation and a huge amount of debt. But he […]

Progressives apparently think they’re wiser than those who don’t believe as they do. That’s why the 2024 Maine Legislature, which is now populated by a plurality of “progressive” thinkers, has moved that we, the people of Maine, 42nd out of 50 states in size, would fare better if the Electoral College were abolished, allowing the […]

We are pleased to support state Rep. Austin Theriault for U.S. Congress. As longtime farmers in Oxford, as well as our time in public service, we have come to appreciate Mainers who are willing to step up and serve. We need Austin’s sincerity and strong commitment to our Maine values. Austin is part of Maine’s […]

I write again as the mother of an adult son with schizophrenia. I first wrote (“Schizophrenics need proper treatment,” Jan. 19) when he was about to become homeless and hurt himself or someone else in his unmedicated psychotic state. Through heroic police intervention he was finally hospitalized and, after three long years, admitted to a […]

President Biden can’t have it both ways; milquetoast calls for a ceasefire in Netanyahu’s Gazan genocide and imminent mass slaughter of refugee civilians taking refuge in the overcrowded city of Rafah, all the while spiriting weapons of mass destruction off to Israel in an act of overt hypocrisy. The Biden administration’s latest arms package includes […]

Congratulations to the new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. My thanks to Gov. Janet Mills and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for helping to secure the funding needed for this new state-of-the art center for our youngest learners, as well as a teaching lab for UMF students […]

The word “woke” is a term used with disdain by right wingers like failed presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. If being caring and compassionate — and embracing diversity, equity and inclusion — makes me “woke,” then I’m 100 percent woke. Bob Mennealy, Lake Worth, Florida

You have published a few articles from 2022 regarding the rising costs of insulin and price caps, with the help of Sen. Susan Collins, for United States citizens. I am writing you with a focus on Mainers and our need for insulin, as we are no different than the rest of the country’s struggle on […]

There are a number of bills in the Legislature concerning gun safety. It appears that there is no or very little support from Republicans, with the exception of anything to do with mental illness. Sen. Trey Stewart said a couple of weeks ago that now is not the right point in time for the proposed […]