To the Editor; There will be a public meeting for all Garland residents on Tuesday evening, Feb.

To the Editor; Good morning from the shores of beautiful Moosehead Lake on this mid-January morning, as I wait for first light to bring radiant sunshine to our glorious region we call home.

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The bosses at the nation’s teachers unions are in panic mode over Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos.

Fake news is neither new, nor is it unique to politics.

To the editor: I agree with the Professor Frary’s article in last week’s Observer “Gun Control Legislation often lacks hard facts”.

The recent rants of fear and even some hysteria coming from the Left over the inevitable Trump presidency has many of my conservative colleagues gloating in the anticipation of at least four years of retaliation.

To the editor: I was glad to see in their announcement of legislative priorities for 2017 that AARP Maine will tackle issues of great concern to older residents: Caregiving, affordable housing, affordable utility rates and the protection of home and community-based services.

Bob Meyers, years ago, taught me about Maine’s unique Interconnected Trail System (ITS).

There is only one thing that can stop the Republicans from making significant legislative progress this session.

Milo is a lot like other Maine towns — a close-knit, rural community where people know each other, care about each other, and try to work together to make their community better.

To the Editor; I have a proposal that won’t cost money, is easy to implement and will likely have some useful effect — NASCAR jackets.

It is called “The Great Compromise.

A “factoid” is not a piece of trivia.

To the Editor; I have a few New Year’s resolutions I think we all should adhere to.

I love traditions.

As we look forward to the New Year, we think of those who are struggling to get by.

I want to take the time to thank the anti-Trump demonstrators for their civility as they greeted the elector for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, outgoing Maine GOP Chair Rick Bennett, and his supporters, of which I was one.