Staying healthy at home sounds nice — unless you live with an abuser. With schools closed, many children are not being educated. How many people are afraid to go to the doctor’s office? How many people with minor ailments are being denied treatments that would prevent a major health crisis? How many Maine residents can […]

I write in response to the comments Lewiston Mayor Mark Cayer made in a Sun Journal story, “Lewiston hopes for tax windfall from hydropower project” (April 30). The citizens of Lewiston deserve better answers from their mayor. As a 12-year past member of the Lewiston Finance Committee, I offer clarification and suggestions. While Lewiston could […]

I got up this morning (May 1) and, while reading the Sun Journal letters to the editor, I came across a letter asking people not to call Gov. Janet Mills a dictator — which is exactly what she is trying to be. Anyone with a head on their shoulders and looking at the facts would […]

I write in support of Gov. Janet Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control. I just want to thank them for all the work they have done to keep Mainers informed about the coronavirus. Our lives have changed a lot, but if we do as they ask the future […]

Whatever happened to the “land of the free and the home of the brave”? Whatever happened to the concepts that we have the individual freedom to live our lives and the individual responsibility to keep ourselves safe? Whatever happened to the Bill of Rights under which we have the freedom to practice our religion and […]

I have a question and a complaint about the federal government. First off, we hear that President Trump said the United States government sent thousands and millions of personal protective equipment to foreign countries to keep the people there safe. Yet I have heard that the state of Maine only has 21 to 22% of […]

This is in response to the headline in this morning’s Sun Journal (April 29) which detailed how some Republicans are calling Gov. Janet Mills a “dictator.” Gov. Mills has done an amazing job since she stepped into that position. For eight years we actually had a “dictator” in the State House named Paul LePage who […]

This week, there are more than a million COVID-19 cases in the U.S. The number of deaths will surpass the population of Lewiston-Auburn. Think about it and be safe. Do what you can to help your neighbors who are suffering medically, emotionally or economically. Our future depends on all of us. David Griswold, Auburn

Not so very long ago, I could buy five pieces of salt water taffy for a penny. Yesterday, I could only buy one piece of taffy for five cents. This illustration highlights the nature of inflation. Inflation, in perspective, means that a dollar bill in your wallet is actually worth much less. This fact is […]

It was disheartening to see the the divider-in-chief publicly encourage citizens, in states where responsible governors were mandating social distancing to save lives amid the COVID-19 crisis, to publicly protest such restrictions. That from the same man who publicly praised China in January and February, yet ignored warnings from within his own administration to prepare […]