4 years ago Thank you for vaccination site To the Editor; Kudos to the many volunteers and organizers of the COVID-19 vaccination site at the Piscataquis County Ice Arena.
4 years ago Consider all options/opinions To the Editor; Again the Piscataquis County Commissioners have assumed the “right” to make decisions for the entire county based on their own biases.
4 years ago Turning away investment To the Editor; A recent USDA grant opportunity offered funds to maintain and secure the Center Theater pylons that support it over the Piscataquis River.
4 years ago Center Theatre vital to the community To the Editor; A note about the Center Theatre: I know that it is not easy, particularly in Piscataquis County, to speak out about anything that smacks of politics.
4 years ago No Sunday hunting To the Editor; Hunters control the woods six days out of seven during autumn.
4 years ago I would post my land To the Editor; I respectfully disagree with Doug Tibbetts’ Sunday hunting OpEd of March 22.
4 years ago No more Sunday hunting excuses To the Editor; I have got to add my two cents to the argument.
4 years ago Thankful for vaccine organization To the Editor; Recently my lady friend and I went to Greenville to have our COVID-19 shots.
4 years ago Response to Crafts To the Editor; Dale Crafts’ recent OpEd “Public option will make health care system worse” is a study in sophistry.
4 years ago No Sunday hunting To the Editor; I’ll preface my reaction to a recent enthusiastic expression of support for Sunday hunting with a question.
4 years ago Good things happen with collaboration To the Editor; Driving past the Piscataquis County Ice Arena today (March 16) I noticed the parking lot was full and folks were directing incoming traffic.
4 years ago Center Theatre is an asset Note: This letter has been sent to Piscataquis County Manager Michael Williams to distribute to the county commissioners.
4 years ago Child care can make a difference To the Editor; I appreciated Thomas College President Laurie Lachance’s recent OpEd highlighting a recent report on the scarcity of child care in rural Maine.
4 years ago Rulers rather than representatives To the Editor; One of the basic ideas of a democracy is that government is “of the people”; our officials are popularly elected not just to lead but to serve and represent all the people in their constituencies.
4 years ago Invest in child care To the Editor; The need for increased availability of quality child care and early childhood education has been recently highlighted in the Bangor Daily News by Thomas College President Laurie Lachance and retired Brig.
4 years ago Bullying from elected officials must stop To the Editor; Elected officials like the county commissioners are supposed to make decisions based on what is good for their communities, not for personal retribution.