Letters to the Editor

5 years ago

Not in Maine. Please, not in Maine.

We Mainers are, if anything, great cheerleaders for the underdog. We root for the one who comes from behind, who defies all odds to achieve, to survive, to triumph. 

5 years ago

Let’s get back to business

To the editor:
I greatly appreciated the letters last week from Chris Martin and Judy Dinsmore.  How wonderful to view the “other side” for a “fair and balanced” story.  

5 years ago

Collins deserves our support

To the editor:
As a small business owner and fellow County girl, I am incredibly proud to be represented by Senator Susan Collins in Washington.

5 years ago

Harnish will work for us

To the editor:
I am so pleased to vote for Kathryn Harnish to represent District 144 in Augusta. 

5 years ago

Let’s get back to the business at hand

To the editor:
I’ve been reading all the bashing in the letters to the editor about Doug Morrell, from those who want him recalled.  I read these letters and shake my head as to the importance some of you put on Mr. Morrell saying slang words or comments like “heads will roll.” 

5 years ago

Fallout could cost money

To the editor:
After reading Councilor Theriault’s letter in last week’s paper, I had to ask myself a couple of questions.

5 years ago

Maine deserves a leader, not a bystander

Coronavirus has undoubtedly posed a new and unprecedented set of circumstances for Mainers. Fortunately the Paycheck Protection Program — authored by our very own Sen. Susan Collins — helped small businesses and countless Maine workers get through the worst of the economic shutdown last spring.

5 years ago

Ranked choice on the ballot

To the editor:
[At the] last go-round, Republicans were royally cheated out of our first choice of Bruce Poliquin by this diabolical system the Democrats hoisted on us called ranked-choice voting.

5 years ago

End the insanity

To the editor:
Let’s clear up what a petition for recall is. The petition, first and foremost, does not remove a sitting councilor from the dais.  1,200 signatures of qualified Caribou electors is what it takes to get the recall on the ballot.