Opinion

5 years ago

Restaurants deserve targeted state relief

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted us all in a multitude of ways. We’ve seen iconic small businesses closing their doors, schools sending students home to learn online and public events come to a standstill since the CDC issued its directive to maintain social distancing.

5 years ago

May recognizes clerks, building codes

This month marks the 40th year that communities around the world will celebrate Building Safety Month. With the increased frequency and severity of devastating storms across the country each year, the importance of building safety has become a personal topic whilst building codes continue to protect and save lives.

5 years ago

Spring leaves the body shop

Luck often brings false hope. It is now getting into late spring. Fields are drying out, and soon the roar of tractors and trucks will be heard. 

5 years ago

Demanding action on unemployment benefits

All across the state, Mainers are worried about how they are going to continue to make ends meet. This is true whether they are one of the thousands of Mainers out-of-work through no fault of their own or a small business owner who had to shut their doors for the sake of public health. The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down, ground our economy to a halt and threatened the financial security of hardworking families.

5 years ago

Americans during a crisis

Every year Americans are confronted with natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods. Homes are leveled, businesses are destroyed. Lives altered tragically, some lives lost. We’re being hit right now by a natural disaster, a bad one that comes once a century, a deadly contagion that knows no borders.

5 years ago

Spring, as The County defines it

So I asked, “When does spring arrive?” It was both fun and fascinating to read all of your different “definitions” of when the season arrives for you.

5 years ago

The census impacts our community

Were you aware that the U.S. census impacts your life on a daily basis?  The results of the census determine many factors that directly affect each of us and our community for a decade.  

5 years ago

Looking to ‘the other side’

What has been the hardest part of all of this? What inspires you to keep going through it? And what do you see on the other side of the crisis we find ourselves in?

5 years ago

Looking at myself first

To the editor:
For years I’ve read the Bible intellectually. I can see that from my notes in it. At the head of 2nd Thessalonians I once wrote: “80-100 A.D, Tabor 228.”