To the Editor: Last Thursday night around 10-ish, we discovered an astonishing disaster unfolding in front of our home. A water main had broken on the road and the vast majority of water gushing out of the pipe ended up in our yard and basement. There was close to five feet of water and rising […]

To the Editor: Governor Mills more than doubled Maine’s rainy day fund compared to Paul LePage’s before he left office and took off for Florida. Mills is a pioneer who was a founding member of Maine’s Women’s Lobby. She also was the first woman DA in the country, managing 3 counties simultaneously. She had 3 […]

To the Editor: On behalf of Christmas for Teens, we would like to thank the community for supporting the recent Christmas for Teens Benefit Show. Since 2000, this event, along with individual as well as corporate and civic donations, has helped provide Christmas for deserving full-time students attending OHMS, OHCHS, and OHTS. This year was […]

To the Editor: I sure hope John Governale’s short stories are collected in a book someday. They are the type that go right to your heart – and picture childhood here at home. Thanks for including them at Christmas over the years. Vickie Rogers Otisfield

To the Editor: Maine’s 126,842 military veterans and active-duty service members are at risk of being targeted by scammers. According to a new AARP report, veterans, the military, and their families are nearly 40% more likely to lose money to scams and fraud than the civilian population. Additionally, 4 out of 5 military/veteran adults were targeted […]

To the Editor: Rightstart’s Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens would like to thank WOXO Country and Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce for the very successful Radiothon to benefit Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens on Thursday, November 18. This was a wonderful way to begin our Christmas efforts for 2021. Stan and […]

To the Editor: The Rotary Club of Oxford Hills would like to say ‘Thank you” to 290 Maine Street Bar & Grill in Norway for hosting their first Annual Pints for Polio fundraiser. 290 agreed to donate $1 for every ‘pint’ sold at the event, which was held on 10/24/21, World Polio Day. Yes, Polio […]

The healthcare system in our State, including here at Stephens Memorial Hospital, is struggling right now. Across the State we are experiencing an unprecedented strain on our health care resources. Nearly every hospital in our health system is at or near capacity on a daily basis. Our Emergency Departments are consistently busy and overflowing at […]

To the Editor: I enjoyed the recent article by Jean Federico of the lost and found Civil war soldier. I am descended from that soldier’s brother, Dennet Cotton, although my discovery was somewhat different. I found an affidavit explaining Dennet had been working at a Massachusetts stable; he was given money to go back to […]

To the Editor: What is your vision for the future of Maine? Vacationland? Or a cold New Jersey? While there are literally dozens of reasons the people of Maine overwhelmingly opposed the CMP corridor, my biggest is perhaps the fact that Maine has something currently unique – and valuable – in the eastern United States. […]