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.

To the Editor; I oppose a proposed multimillion dollar expansion of the Penobscot County 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.

To the Editor; Say no to a jail expansion of Penobscot County Jail.

To the Editor; Thank you to Stephen and Tabitha King.

To the Editor; A high school all-star football game in the middle of July is hardly a news popper.

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.

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.

To the Editor; An article in last week’s Observer highlighted the four different calls which we hear loons making.

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.

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.

To the Editor; According to recent government data, use of tobacco among kids is at historic lows.

To the Editor; Jury duty is a privilege.

To the Editor: As a retired superintendent of schools in Salem, Connecticut, I followed our district policy not to pay tuition to parochial schools.

To the Editor; I was happy to learn that the San Francisco-based company Eat Just is planning to build the world’s biggest cultivated-meat factory in the United States.

To the Editor; My heart aches for all the victims and their families of the recent mass shootings involving assault rifles and high capacity magazines.

To the Editor; “Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses.

To the Editor; After reading the article in the Bangor Daily News on June 16 about Maine towns becoming the owners of the Hampden trash plant, I have one question: Why? As I recall, the trash plant used new technology intended to sort incoming trash into several categories to sell in the recycling market.