4 years ago
Lunch served with a surprise
To the editor:
My son and I were sitting in The Irish [Setter] Pub, right next to where the car crashed into it last week. Glass shards spewed forth — beside us, never landing upon us.
Letters to the Editor
4 years ago
Help for retirement savings
To the editor:
Most of us were taught the importance of saving for the future, but if there is a barrier to saving then we probably won’t do it.
4 years ago
New EMS group making progress
To the editor:
Sometime after the first week of January 2021, 13 area towns received bills for their Houlton Ambulance Service contracts, without any prior warning, that are four times what the towns had budgeted. In other words, the bills went from $16.74 per capita to $74 per capita.
4 years ago
In support of Sen. Collins
To the editor:
As a former County Chairman of the Republican Party, I am horrified by the recent actions taken by the Aroostook County GOP to formally censure Sen. [Susan] Collins for her vote to impeach President Trump.
4 years ago
The first to experience Easter
To the editor:
In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene on Easter morning is the first to go alone to Jesus’ tomb. Her love for Jesus draws her back to where she saw his body laid.
4 years ago
City Hall plan needs rethinking
To the editor:
The City Council should take a long pause on the construction bid to renovate City Hall and allow time for reflection and the intrusion of common sense.
4 years ago
Great guns
To the editor:
Recently we have read and heard about sanctuary towns. We hear about the Second Amendment. We hear about guns being taken from us. By whom will our guns be taken?
4 years ago
Iraq war and others
To the editor:
Eighteen years ago, on March 19, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. Immediately thereafter [as well as before], anti-war protests began throughout Maine. The protest in Presque Isle has been continuous, in all weathers, through all these years.
4 years ago
Gun fetish
To the editor:
Merriam-Webster defines a fetish as “…an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion.”
It seems to me that many people fetish over guns.
4 years ago
Questioning Van Buren’s police choice
To the editor:
Van Buren closed the police station in December. Why? They say it’s because they cannot find anyone to hire. A nation with 7 percent unemployment cannot find an officer to employ?
