To the editor:
In response to David Farmer’s July 14 column in the Bangor Daily News, stating that Michael Heath announced his group’s goal to make it OK to punish people for being gay, wouldn’t it make more sense to outlaw hatred, discrimination, bigotry? We are not born to hate.
To the editor:
I am very pleased to write this letter of support for Rick Long who is running to represent the people of Presque Isle, as well as all of southern Aroostook County and northern Penobscot in the Maine State Senate. I would be proud to have him as my State Senator.
To the editor:
When it comes to representing Presque Isle in the Maine House of Representatives there is only one clear choice: Trey Stewart. Trey is exactly the type of new blood we need to get Augusta working for the people of Aroostook County again.
To the editor:
It is important to me to have dedicated, hardworking community servants at the State House in Augusta who take into consideration the wishes of their voters.
To the editor:
When I got my first haircut, Vincent Barresi put a cushioned board across the arms of one of those green chairs that Dwight Helstrom now has, and sat me up there for his tonsorial attention.
To the editor:
As a member of Maine’s blind community, I am dismayed that the state contract for providing community-based services to the blind and visually impaired has not been awarded to The Iris Network as it has been for more than 35 years.
MAPLETON NEWS
For eight consecutive years, Stephanie and Amanda Winslow of Chapman have cared for and shown their goats at the Northern Maine Fair 4-H goat show.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Aroostook Retired Educators (AREA) will meet Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the Edmunds Conference Center on the campus of Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle.
WASHBURN NEWS
The Washburn quilting group, A Stitchin’ and a Givin’, have donated a quilt to be raffled off to benefit Ryker McManus.
MARS HILL NEWS
The Walter T. A. Hansen Memorial Library is running its tag sale at the former Grew’s store in Mars Hill. It will be open various hours — Saturdays, some evenings, etc. Basically, if there are lights on and cars outside, it’s open.
