1 year ago Shame on Democrats and Republicans for debt ceiling crisis To the Editor; The debt ceiling crisis is, perhaps, the greatest self-made crisis in our history.
1 year ago Trails bill would be a wise investment To the Editor; Trails are vitally important to the business and tradition of guiding in Maine by providing access to the places we take clients.
1 year ago Child care is a great investment in Maine’s future To the Editor; Recently the Bangor Daily News published Susan Young’s column citing a need for child care investment.
2 years ago Threat of the breakup of the family To the Editor; We have some people that think the greatest threat to children’s welfare is living in poverty.
2 years ago Eliot Cutler plea deal is not justice To the Editor; In 2017, the Next Generation Foundation received a grant proposal from a Maine law enforcement officer wanting to start a nonprofit that would scour pornographic images and identify victims nationwide so these children could be rescued.
2 years ago Susan Collins is an advocate for Maine children and families To the Editor; For more than two decades, U.
2 years ago A job well done To the Editor; I am writing this to say what an amazing job the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department, the many other fire departments called in and were quickly on the scene, the police department, and any others involved did in getting the house fire on Cherry Street under control and out on Thursday, April 4.
2 years ago National popular vote allows every vote to count To the Editor; When Americans vote in elections, we expect that the candidate who gets the most votes is the winner of the election.
2 years ago Competitive compensation is key to keeping teachers To the Editor; As a Piscataquis County Teacher of the Year and Maine Teacher of the Year, I know addressing the teacher shortage is a complex challenge.
2 years ago Maine needs a strong paid family and medical leave program To the Editor; I live in Milo, where I own and operate a small trucking business.
2 years ago Protect elderly and disabled Mainers To the Editor; Maine law requires that medical, mental health, and social services personnel immediately report or cause a report to be made to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services when the provider knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or is likely to be abused or neglected or that a suspicious child death has occurred.
2 years ago Telehealth only works with high-speed internet To the Editor; For many, telehealth has been a revelation since the onset of the pandemic with its usage increasing by 38 times its pre-pandemic levels.
2 years ago Wildfire impact To the Editor; Reports that much of Maine is at high risk for wildfires are reminder that it is not just humans’ lives and homes that are threatened.
2 years ago Day of Atonement To the Editor; During the month of May most will have visited and decorated the graves of loved ones who have passed.
2 years ago Legislature was right to close out of state waste loophole To the Editor; The fact is Casella Waste had been profiting by filling Maine’s landfill with bulky waste imported from other states.
2 years ago Democrats passed a responsible state budget To the Editor; The recent column by Matt Gagnon arguing that Republicans should walk away from budget negotiations is misguided and does a disservice to Mainers.
2 years ago Donald Trump thinks Americans like me are the problem To the Editor; I don’t know why I’m still in disbelief but last week Donald Trump said that “the greatest threat to Western Civilization today is not Russia.
2 years ago The rest of us need a day off from hunting To the Editor; Are hunters in Maine not willing to give “the rest of us” one day a week to walk in the woods? To walk our companion canines without threats of arrow impalement? From the Bangor Daily News on March 17, “Legislation would allow bow hunting on Sundays.