Kevin Landry’s guest column (“Time to move on from a cancerous past,” July 11) highlighted the significant discrimination and challenges that Franco Americans overcame as they assimilated in our country. This is a history that should not be forgotten for, as Winston Churchill once said, “those who fail to learn from history are condemned to […]

With respect to the July 11 article regarding Lake Auburn and its allowable uses (“Swimming, more town restrictions all part of debate over Lake Auburn’s future“), nobody will ever convince me that allowing motorboats on Lake Auburn is less evasive than allowing people and dogs to swim in the lake. Boats leak oil and gas, […]

The four largest ski industry leaders, including Boyne Resorts, parent company of Sunday River and Sugarloaf USA, have signed a Climate Collaborative Charter, which states that they will operate their 71 resorts with sustainability at the forefront and use their collective voice to advocate for effective public policy on climate action in order to leave […]

Democracy is of the people, by the people, for the people. S1, “The For The People Act of 2021” would protect voting rights, end partisan gerrymandering, establish ethical rules for federal officials, and stop some of the big money in politics. Yet, all 50 Republicans voted against it, even though it would help to fight […]

Paul LePage wants to be governor again. We need a man who brags “I was Trump before Trump”? Have we not had enough from a man who sent a profane voicemail where he proposed a duel so he could kill a legislator who pointed out a racist statement he made? He talks plain all right. […]

It amazes me, despite losing the presidency, the House and the Senate under Trump, that the GOP rather than modifying its policies that lost the executive and legislative branches of the federal government has pinned it’s future on suppressing enough of the electorate that it feels would not vote for its candidates. Has the GOP […]

In his June 23 letter, Marc Jalbert scorned the high frequency of TV commercials, referencing networks’ methods of obsessive bombardment.  I certainly agree with him and enjoyed his interesting tirade. His message got me to think about the nature of TV commercials in the earlier days of TV. In contrast to those in the present […]

How can Mainers trust the lowest ranking power utility for three years running — Central Maine Power — to operate the second-largest Maine’s largest infrastructure project in our state’s history? A survey conducted by Escalent of Michigan shows customers have less trust in CMP than in 139 of the largest utilities throughout the U.S. Yet […]

I think most of us think hospital administrators and doctors are three steps below God; clergy being second. Our generation, if possible, paid our bills on time. My concern with the waning profits of hospitals is clerical oversights becoming more prevalent. Case in point. Many years ago I paid hundreds of dollars going to the […]

I get annoyed when I read something that has so few facts that relate to the laws governing us. When one mixes religion with our constitutional laws, one gets fire and gas. They do not mix without blowing up. All the gods and bibles do not apply under our Constitution, nor does sin. Our Constitution […]