To the Editor: On behalf of the Foster Carroll American Legion Post #72 and VFW Post 9787, we would like to thank the many presenters, volunteers, and community members who attended the 2023 Veterans Day Ceremony and outreach program on Friday, November 10. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and many people received valuable information regarding […]

To the Editor:  My wife Christine of 60 years passed away on May 20 of this year. Our oldest daughter Christina wrote the following poem in her memory. It Comes in Waves I see you sleeping comfortably at rest You look so peaceful But it comes in Waves You start getting restless Anxious and in […]

To the Editor:  I am writing regarding the recent mass shooting tragedy in Lewiston that has affected so many. As a physician (practicing in Lewiston/Auburn), a hunter, and a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, I would like to offer my personal insights and potential solutions to reducing such horrors in the future. Before my […]

To the Editor: As old folks do, I recently was looking at old photos and family memorabilia and suddenly realized I may be the last person alive who got most of my education at the one-room country school at Frost Hill. The school was closed when I finished the 7th grade, which would have been […]

To the Editor: I’ve been sailing boats since I was 16 years old. I volunteered to take Midshipmen on their offshore cruise from Annapolis to St John’s twice. I know the power and simplicity of wind. Offshore wind power is a significant component of the future domestic and international energy supply. It’s clean, plentiful, easy […]

To the Editor: Nicole Carter’s reporting on Michael Davis’s rattlesnake research in Maine (October 12) was especially interesting to those who may have wondered why, in supposedly rattler-free Maine, we have Rattlesnake Mountain and Rattlesnake Brook in parts of Oxford and Cumberland Counties, dating back to colonial maps. Several years ago, a man in the […]

To the Editor: On behalf of the Norway Country Club Ladies Golf Association, we say ‘Thank you’ to the generous individuals and businesses in the communities of Western Maine. Recently we presented a check for over $18,500 to the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, the money raised in the 10th Annual Drive Out Cancer […]

To the Editor: Over the past two weeks, I experienced my first medical emergency, requiring me to be rushed by ambulance to the emergency rooms of two of the hospitals in my area. From the expedient professional response by United Ambulance with their highly trained paramedics to the professional staff at Bridgton and Stephens Memorial […]

To the Editor: This is a message for columnist John Governale. I am a long-time Advertiser Democrat reader who admittedly skipped over your column most of the time, until I retired, and found time to read all sorts of things I had been missing. I find “What I’ve Learned” is now my favorite part of […]

To the Editor: I wanted to share with you and our neighbors that I have recently found out the food pantries in our area are running low on supplies of food and the numbers of people needing the food have increased. As part of this general trend, one food pantry told me that local donations […]