To the Editor; Recently on Maine Public Radio’s Maine Calling, Speaker Sara Gideon said that a hurdle to going back into session is getting Republicans and Democrats to agree to return.

To The Editor; Due to various constraints, I have withdrawn from the 2020 campaign for Piscataquis County Commissioner, District 2 on the July 14 primary election.

To the Editor; If there was ever a time when medical knowledge matters, this is the time.

To the Editor;  Who would have thought a few months ago that our world would be turned upside down and our reliance on broadband would be central to our lives.

To the Editor; Sen.

To the Editor; With the July 14 primary a few days away, local Republicans are faced with a choice on who they want to progress to the Senate District 4 race in November.

To the Editor; County Commissioner is not about the party, it’s about results.

To the Editor; I have known Andy Torbett for over 15 years and have worked with him on many community service projects.

To the Editor; It shouldn’t take a pandemic to underscore the importance of high speed internet in our state.

To the Editor; During and before President Donald Trump’s visit to Guilford, Sheriff Bob Young did a tremendous job.

To the Editor; Betsy Sweet is my first choice as the Democratic candidate for the U.

To the Editor; I am trying to find McEachern ancestors who lived in the Greenville area around 1898, particularly George and Julia Taylor McEachern.

On Monday, Gov.

The risk posed to political campaigns and elections by misinformation, disinformation, security breaches and digital manipulation have never been greater.

On March 17 the Maine Legislature met to take up legislation crafted to prepare the state for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

My two children attend elementary school in East Millinocket, and when we received word that we would be remote learning for the remainder of the school year because of COVID-19, I was worried. I was not thinking about my kids, who have devices and good internet access. I was thinking about the 40 to 50 percent of students in our local high school and elementary school that did not have dependable access to online learning materials. For some of those students who could “access” the internet, they did so on a parent’s cellphone.

The choice in the upcoming Republican state senate race is simple. I want someone who’s conservative, trying to rein the liberal spending currently ongoing in Augusta. Now more than ever we need a man who has represented us in a conservative, common sense, manner.

Tuesday afternoon I learned the unfortunate news that former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and former commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development John Richardson had passed away as the result of a heart attack. I had the great fortune to know John, though interestingly enough we first encountered one another well before we met in person.