Letters to the Editor

1 year ago

In appreciation of care

To the editor:
I wanted to give a heartfelt “Thank you”  to The Cary Medical Center hematology/oncology team.

1 year ago

Pickett Mountain mine would be destructive

To the editor:
I am writing to lament the mining operation proposed by Canada-based Wolfden Resources at Pickett Mountain, and to urge the LUPC to deny Wolfden’s rezoning request.

1 year ago

Make your voice heard on mine

To the editor:
Wolfden Resources Corporation is a Canadian mining company with land zoned as a “protection district” near Mount Chase, the North Gate of Baxter State Park, and the entrance to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

1 year ago

Mine wouldn’t be good for Pickett Mountain

To the editor:

As a citizen of Houlton, I am very concerned about the application of Wolfden Resources of Canada to Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission to rezone land on Pickett Mountain to allow a metallic mineral mine.

1 year ago

Hold everyone to same standards

To the editor:

Why is it that in the U.S. military, all branches, service members not acting on their best behavior can be charged and prosecuted for conduct unbecoming all the while the people who control the military can act and do anything they want?

1 year ago

Biden’s push for electric vehicles

To the editor: 

This president is so thoughtful to us average Americans that he wants us all to have electric vehicles by 2035. In fact, he’s trying to ram these down our throats, all in the name of green energy.

1 year ago

Politicians not what they appear

To the editor:

In 1955 at my home in Nashua, New Hampshire, Mom and Dad finally purchased a TV set.  As I recall, it was a Stromberg Carlson and what a beauty. I was 12.

1 year ago

Child care provisions are much needed

To the editor:
Since the pandemic, the lack of affordable and accessible child care has been a barrier for parents of young children to work full time.

1 year ago

A blast from the past

To the editor:
345 miles to Ft. Kent and no Interstate 95 from Lewiston. Back in the 50s, and no GPS. My grandparents, Honore and Sophie Theriault Voisine, lived on N. Perley Brook Road.

1 year ago

Not proud to live in Maine anymore

To the editor:
I am a lifetime resident of Maine.  I have always been proud of my state.  Maine was a beautiful state without a lot of crime, but I am so disappointed to admit that I live in Maine now.