Maine’s Vacationland moniker has always drawn folks from across the country to the state’s pristine wilderness. From Acadia to The County, Mainers have always been linked to their environment for business and pleasure, so much so that it’s a way of life. That is precisely why we must address the toll climate change is taking […]

We’re writing to support the candidacy of Jane Pentheny for the Poland Board of Selectpersons. As a retiree, she appreciates the challenges related to living on a fixed income. She is a good listener and is interested in hearing all perspectives. She serves on Ricker Memorial Library’s Board of Trustees, and supports our community’s access […]

A 7-foot golden statue of the Conservative Political Action Conference’s featured speaker captured the spotlight at the Republican conference last week, dressed in American flag clothing. What’s below was not the speech he gave. “January 6th was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to stop a specific piece of democratic […]

It is nice to know there are good Samaritans among us. The two local men who stopped early Saturday morning to call 911 and render assistance when they saw a house fire on Clover Mill Road in Farmington are such people. It is fitting that Seth Harris and Iaian Stross-Perham be recognized for their heroic […]

This letter concerns the Sun Journal’s Feb. 26 story about Rep. Golden and the military veteran congressional members of both parties. This was the most positive news I’ve seen out of Congress in years. Regardless of their political philosophy they meet, discuss and listen to each other, and hopefully they will be able to exert […]

For the town of Paris to pass an anti-mask mandate without any prior notification, so that those of us who live here and pay taxes can give our input, is concerning. I’ve heard a lot in the news about other towns trying to pass this and causing controversy, and then Paris does so with no […]

If former president Trump’s enemies had wanted to immortalize their contempt for him in the form of a statue, it’s doubtful they could have improved on the gold grotesquerie their pro-Trump colleagues wheeled out at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida recently. In fact, when I first saw the thing, before reading anything about […]

Since Baby Boomers (the “Me” generation) gained control of government they’ve managed to botch pandemic response, regulatory and tax reform, security, and war in the Middle East. The only president of that generation to oversee a balanced budget was Bill Clinton, and that had more to do with the fact that they followed the advice […]

A letter to the editor entitled “NECEC won’t tarnish Maine’s woods” (Alex Titcomb, Feb. 24) is woefully inaccurate. The forests of the western Maine mountains are not pristine, but nonetheless are beautiful and worth preserving for future generations. Approximately 37,000 acres are owned by the Nature Conservancy and private individuals and families — not commercial […]

I ask that Oxford residents vote to reject a change to the marijuana ordinance at a special town meeting to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Oxford Elementary School on Pleasant Street. As a former selectman and a backer of a very limited marijuana ordinance for our town, I am of the opinion […]