2 years ago No surprise about Gagnon’s take on rent control To the Editor; Matthew Gagnon looks at rent control from the landlord’s point of view.
2 years ago Fix problems in the community. Don’t build more jail cells. To the Editor; It recently came to my attention that Penobscot County officials have a plan that would spend millions of taxpayer dollars to expand the jail in Bangor.
2 years ago MRC needs to learn from Cate Street mistake To the Editor; I want to thank reporter Sawyer Loftus for the excellent article “Company helping restart Hampden trash plant has roots in failed Katahdin-area investor” in the Aug.
2 years ago Important supplies for diabetic students To the Editor; As we prepare for another school year, it is imperative that the state’s K-12 schools have ready-to-use glucagon among their medical supplies.
2 years ago We need more community services, not jail cells To the Editor; I oppose a proposed multimillion dollar expansion of the Penobscot County Jail.
2 years ago Invest in people, not a bigger jail To the Editor; People across Maine should be very concerned about a proposal to greatly expand the number of beds in Penobscot County Jail.
2 years ago Penobscot County needs more treatment, not incarceration To the Editor; Say no to a jail expansion of Penobscot County Jail.
2 years ago Thankful for Stephen and Tabitha King’s generosity To the Editor; Thank you to Stephen and Tabitha King.
2 years ago A summer football suggestion for the Shrine Bowl To the Editor; A high school all-star football game in the middle of July is hardly a news popper.
2 years ago Matthew Gagnon column on colleges further divides us To the Editor; In his recent column “Colleges are too liberal and it is hurting their enrollment,” Matthew Gagnon seems to paint a moderate assessment of the political environment at American universities.
2 years ago Political landscape, not universities, have changed To the Editor; I certainly hope that, as a graduate student in economics, Matthew Gagnon is more careful in reporting his research than he has been in writing his recent opinion piece.
2 years ago Loon call video To the Editor; An article in last week’s Observer highlighted the four different calls which we hear loons making.
2 years ago Helping people impacted by opioid crisis re-enter workforce To the Editor; As the opioid epidemic impacts the unemployment rates and vacant jobs in Maine, part of Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s focus is to assist people affected by the opioid crisis by helping them return and remain in the workforce.
2 years ago Broadband connecting communities after COVID challenges To the Editor; In my role helping communities for Eastern Maine Development Corporation, I see firsthand how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a lot of issues in the rural heart of Northern Maine.
2 years ago Criminal flavored tobacco ban will only fuel Illicit market To the Editor; According to recent government data, use of tobacco among kids is at historic lows.
2 years ago Eroding the ‘wall of separation’ between church and state To the Editor: As a retired superintendent of schools in Salem, Connecticut, I followed our district policy not to pay tuition to parochial schools.