Opinion

4 years ago

Kindness always counts

I was loading groceries into the back of my SUV and quite unexpectedly, a plastic jug of raspberry tea decided to make a run for it by rolling rather clumsily down the gentle sloped grocery store parking lot, stopping only by the grace of the cart corral.

4 years ago

Protect identity when filing taxes

To the editor:
Before you begin the annual process of calculating how much money you owe/are owed by the federal government this tax season, I would urge you to first apply for an IP PIN number through the IRS website.

4 years ago

Resources in Maine

I recently received my latest issue of American Ancestors magazine published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston. This issue features “The Best Genealogical Resources for Maine” and it’s excellent. 

4 years ago

Individual rights and responsibility

In the 2020 election, 360,737 voters in Maine’s Second Congressional District delivered one electoral vote for the Republican candidate for president, a 7.5 percent margin of victory.

4 years ago

Thankful for clinic

To the editor:
We want to thank everyone involved with the COVID vaccine center at the Northern Maine Community College, run by the Northern Light [A.R. Gould] Hospital.

4 years ago

My second miracle

To the editor:
As we drove up Edgemont Drive on Feb. 17 at 1:15 p.m., my spirits were high.  We were directed to the Northern Maine Community College Wellness Center and told there was no waiting line today. How great.

4 years ago

Paying tolerance forward

I watched her carefully position her late-model SUV into the parking space in front of me, her eyes shielded with brown tinted, cat-eye-shaped sunglasses.  She removed the glasses and immediately put a white paper mask on.  

4 years ago

From a grateful veteran

To the editor:
I would like to thank all first responders and our heroes in hospitals, children’s hospitals and nursing homes, especially at [Northern Light A.R. Gould] hospital.

4 years ago

Bill would create crucial alert system

To the editor:
On Feb. 8, 2021, a hearing was held before the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety discussing LD 28: An Act To Create an Alert System To Notify the Public When a Person with an Intellectual or Developmental Disability Is Missing.

4 years ago

Potential pollution in Pickett Mountain area

To the editor:
Your article of Feb. 10, 2021 [Maine tribes worry that Aroostook County mining project will pollute local waters] outlines some of the concern over potential pollution if mineral exploration in the Pickett Mountain area becomes a mining actuality.