To the Editor: West Parisiens! The town of West Paris will hold its Town Meeting on Saturday, March 4. It comes up quickly. West Paris is the first town in the district to hold its town meeting. This year, you won’t receive a town report in the mail. This always served as a reminder to […]

To the Editor: Burt Bacharach has always been one of my favorite singer/songwriters, so when I heard that he was coming to my family’s home in Hanover, NH, I was thrilled. I was in between jobs and happened to be back home for a short time with my parents. My mother was a dedicated fundraiser […]

To the Editor: Do you ever get the feeling that no one’s really listening to you? Well, that’s about to change. As we move into this new year of 2023, AARP Maine wants to hear what you have to say about things like housing, heating, and health. These, and a host of other issues and […]

To the Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Rightstart, Inc., Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens programs, we would like to thank the many schools, businesses, banks, credit unions, churches, civic groups, and individuals in the Oxford Hills community as well as individuals who live outside the Oxford Hills for their […]

To the Editor: On behalf of Rightstart’s Christmas for Teens, we would like to thank Monica LaVerdiere and the Bearfoot Realty team for their very successful fundraiser, raising $36,000 for the program. Also collected were many donations of warm clothing, personal care items, games, gift cards, warm blankets, etc. This fundraiser brought together many contributors […]

To the Editor: I had the good fortune to be in the audience at the encore presentation of ‘As We Are’ at the Kezar Falls Theater on November 12. Within its run time of ten minutes, the film, which explores the complexities of substance misuse, connected me with characters through a simple but evocative narrative […]

To the Editor: With Pine Tree Power now on the ballot, we’ll soon vote on whether we want to use eminent domain to seize Central Maine Power and Versant Power at a cost of more than $10 billion, then turn around and create a whole new government agency for electricity. What’s the point of borrowing […]

To the Editor: This letter is specifically directed to voters in the town of Paris. You are being asked to vote on the recall of school board member(s) on or before January 10. To better inform your decision, I ask that you take the time to review the SAD17 School Board Handbook, which is available […]

To the Editor: I am voting against the recall of our school board members and I urge you to consider why, because I am not in favor of the gender policy as written. The school board members elected by the town of Paris were doing the jobs that were assigned them. They are two very […]

To the Editor: In last month’s election, Gov. Janet Mills garnered over 50,000 more votes than she did in 2018 and secured a second term in office. While there are various factors that contributed to this impressive result for the governor, her administration’s continued attentiveness toward issues impacting our state’s rural communities undoubtedly played a […]