I get what Mark LaFlamme is saying with the Lewiston-Auburn police and the scanners going silent on us (“Lewiston-Auburn police radios remain silent — for us,” Dec. 21). My wife and I are retired and often did listen but, like he said, the Lewiston/Auburn police have been quiet the last year and a half, after […]

The local newscasts on TV begin with the anchor’s dissertation of upcoming stories for the telecast. Following that, the anchor begins with the first story, repeating what was said in the intro. Then the story goes on to a reporter who, you guessed it, rehashes the story for the third time. And it doesn’t stop […]

Did President Trump inherit the strong economy that President Obama left behind? Yes, he did. Trump said he inherited the worst economy possible after Obama left office — and he saved our nation and the world from the greatest depression? He also said he was re-elected. I do recall that President George W. Bush and […]

And people thought Melania Trump’s “limited one-time only” Christmas non-fungible token crypto “cobalt blue eyes” stunt exactly one year ago was tacky? Well, her husband Donald Trump’s Dec. 15 “major announcement” of his digital delusional svelte “only $99” superhero NFT trading cards trumps even that holiday grift. These photoshopped delusional heroic renditions of the former […]

I regret that I cannot vote on the protection of Lake Auburn in Lewiston. As a Lewiston resident and citizen I have no voice except for the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission. The residents of Lewiston would have to share in the cost to install a filtration system— $45 million plus $2 million a year […]

In an article titled “Newly released JFK documents point to what the CIA was hiding,” Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent at Yahoo! News, states that much of what they contain relating to President Kennedy’s assassination is relatively insignificant: No “bombshells that prove an elaborate conspiracy to kill” him. That’s no surprise to me. Kennedy’s assassin, […]

Lt. Justin Brown of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department ran an excellent campaign for sheriff. Lt. Brown ran as an independent, void of any political party support or money. He lost by only a few votes. An amazing result. His entire campaign was based on the need for changes he would make within the department. […]

I write in rebuttal to Clem Bechard (“Energy malarkey reigns while prices needlessly soar,” Dec. 8). President Biden increased the amount of leases on federal lands in his first year to 3,557, from 2,658 in President Trump’s last year, (Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, Jan. 21). Voisine also changed his mind and is urging […]

Well, it didn’t take long. Sen. Eric Brakey voted against heating assistance for Mainers in his first vote in the current Senate. He ran for election on smaller government and lower taxes. The heating assistance bill would have returned $450 of our tax dollars to nearly 800,000 eligible Maine taxpayers. He voted against. His reasoning […]

Well, that didn’t take long. At the first opportunity to flex his obstructionist muscles, political gadfly and newly minted Sen. Eric Brakey kicked sand into the gears of a very popular proposal which would have helped thousands of Maine citizens deal with the highest heating oil prices in our history. The proposal had overwhelming support, […]