Have you seen the people driving their cars around while wearing a mask? It is scientifically impossible for corona virus droplets to come out of thin air and travel through your vehicles ventilation system to somehow get into your lungs. It is spread person to person like all viruses. Yes, we need to take precautions, […]

On Nov. 3 I’ll be casting my vote for Matt Leonard in the race for state Senate District 20. Matt served in the U.S. Navy from 1994-2015 and earned a master;s degree from George Washington University in 2013. In many conversations with him, I’ve seen a passion for the issues Mainers face every day. His […]

As a long-time debate coach, I choose elected officials carefully. I do my research, and that research is not influenced by the number of signs a candidate has, nor the glossiness of their pamphlets. I use the Internet to see what positions candidates have taken in the past, and how that matches with how they […]

In this age of enormous campaign spending and special interest funding of political campaigns, I am very proud of Sen. Ned Claxton and Rep. Bettyann Sheats for choosing to be clean election candidates. As clean election candidates they only accept $5 contributions from voters in their legislative districts, which is matched by the state’s Clean […]

There is no way President Trump will ever win a majority of voters. I find myself gagging on his lies. He preaches law and order, while ignoring truth, justice and decency. He skews the messages from our health agencies in a very lethal game of propaganda, all the while preparing, once more, to defeat the […]

I support the reelection of state Sen. Russell Black of Wilton (R-Franklin), District 17. I own a third-generation logging business in Jay and work with my son in the Maine woods. When the Pixelle Specialty Solutions mill exploded this spring we lost over 75% of our business overnight. Sen. Black immediately went to work looking […]

I am writing to support the reelection of state Sen. Russell Black of Wilton (R-Franklin), District 17. My father, George Merrill, and I operate a small family logging business in Jay, and we are proud of what we do. We want the logging industry in Maine to have a future. Sen. Black has been a […]

For several years I served on the SAD 52 Board of Directors with Rep. Joshua Morris, House District 75. I have been very disappointed by some of his votes regarding education. In the last biennial budget an effort was made to elevate the profession of teaching by doing the following: increasing the student GPA, increasing […]

Rep. Margaret Craven is running for reelection for House District 59. Lewiston is the second largest city in Maine and has been well represented by Craven. She connects well with people, and is a born leader you will run into everywhere – at meetings, public events, volunteering and doing fundraising for charities. A high energy […]

I had the honor of meeting Bettyann Sheats when our children were in elementary school. She was spearheading the Thanksgiving food drive, where we collected groceries and provided a robust Thanksgiving meal to families in need. I was immediately taken by her energy, empathy, and organization. She made all the hard work look so effortless […]