To the Editor: One of the little girls who survived the brutal killing of children in Texas last week said she did that by smearing herself with the blood of a still-living child next to her, who didn’t survive. Let’s let that sink in. Then in the light of PTSD, let’s imagine that youngster’s future, […]

To the Editor: My name is Billy Bob Faulkingham. I’m a state representative from Winter Harbor. Winter Harbor is a long way from western Maine, but it’s important to me who gets elected because it impacts my children’s future. That’s why I’m writing the voters of District 79, Paris, Sumner, West Paris, and Woodstock, to […]

To the Editor: I would like to thank Walmart for allowing Boy Scout Troop 130 to hold a Pack-the-Tent food drive at their store in Oxford on May 21. The boys were able to collect a bountiful amount of food and $1,150.03 from our very generous community. The Oxford Hills Food Pantry was very pleased […]

To the Editor: Who would believe how far we’d fall in this short time? We went from John Wayne’s ‘True Grit’, to Don Knotts’ ‘Shakiest Gun in the West’. From prosperity, to calamity. Robustness…to near hopelessness. We need to right this ship. This experiment has blown up in our faces. It’s like 8th grade chemistry […]

To the Editor: Kudos to the Labonte Recovery Center in Rumford, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oxford County Mental Health Services’ OPTIONS Program for their collaborative distribution of harm reduction kits that provide life-saving information and resources to released inmates. Providing encouragement to people who have made mistakes in their lives with the […]

To the Editor: My husband and I moved to Otisfield in 1979. It did not take us long to realize that we had moved to a town where family, friends, and community mattered – exactly what we were looking for. This community spirit was on full display last Saturday with well over 60 enthusiastic and […]

To the Editor: I’m writing in response to your recent article, “Norway elementary school gathering leads to COVID-19 outbreak,” published Thursday, May 12. I’m curious what research and investigating was done that led your report to, not only link but, flat out blame, our ‘Donuts’ family event to the Covid outbreak and school shutdown? From […]

To the Editor: The Norway Planning Board held a public hearing on April 14 concerning the completed application of Left Turn Enterprises to develop the former cannery and lumber mill on the Lake Road into a multi-use entertainment venue. The applicants hired the state’s preeminent site engineering firm to design the technical aspects, including addressing […]

To the Editor: In response to Phil Crossman’s letter to the Advertiser on March 31 on the confirmation hearing of Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court: You were complaining about how she was treated by the Republicans – well, I guess you forgot how the Democrats treated Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings. The Democrats […]

To the Editor: Maybe I should have remained a Republican; maybe I should have worked with others, from within, to try and restore the party, to try and steer it back to the noble principles I and my parents and grandparents once felt represented the best of America. Maybe we could have dissuaded our elected […]