Lt. Justin Brown of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department ran an excellent campaign for sheriff. Lt. Brown ran as an independent, void of any political party support or money. He lost by only a few votes. An amazing result. His entire campaign was based on the need for changes he would make within the department. […]

I write in rebuttal to Clem Bechard (“Energy malarkey reigns while prices needlessly soar,” Dec. 8). President Biden increased the amount of leases on federal lands in his first year to 3,557, from 2,658 in President Trump’s last year, (Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, Jan. 21). Voisine also changed his mind and is urging […]

Well, it didn’t take long. Sen. Eric Brakey voted against heating assistance for Mainers in his first vote in the current Senate. He ran for election on smaller government and lower taxes. The heating assistance bill would have returned $450 of our tax dollars to nearly 800,000 eligible Maine taxpayers. He voted against. His reasoning […]

Well, that didn’t take long. At the first opportunity to flex his obstructionist muscles, political gadfly and newly minted Sen. Eric Brakey kicked sand into the gears of a very popular proposal which would have helped thousands of Maine citizens deal with the highest heating oil prices in our history. The proposal had overwhelming support, […]