To the Editor; In my role with the Maine Republican Party, I have had the chance to speak with people across the state, from county committee meetings to grassroots events.

To the Editor; In May of 2025, Hannah Pingree met with a group of affordable housing leaders in Portland.

To the Editor; Maine’s smallest towns often govern themselves through three person Select Boards, a structure inherited from an era when civic participation was assumed rather than earned and the business of local government was genuinely simpler.

To the Editor; Joy Barresi Saucier and Noël Bonam’s column on piloting Vietnam’s Intergenerational Self-Help Club model in rural Maine names something urgent: neighbors helping neighbors as infrastructure, not sentiment.

To the Editor; In Piscataquis County, folks are stretched to the limit by rising electricity bills, high home heating costs, and underfunded rural infrastructure.

To the Editor; As a native and now a longtime summer rusticator in Downeast Maine, I have enjoyed listening to some of the programs on WVOM that allowed me to stay in touch with my beloved State of Maine.

To the Editor; I live and work on the West Branch of the Penobscot River and on July 27 at 4:30 p.

To the Editor; A recent article listed new animal trapping regulations in Maine.

To the Editor; The issue of election security seems to obsess President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

To the Editor; I didn’t expect to care this much about health policy while I was in college.

To the Editor; You’ve heard the line, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”.

To the Editor; I read the letter that Alpha-Gal tick-borne allergy is in Maine with interest and horror.

To the Editor; This is in response to the recent story about not worrying about tick bites and allergies to red meat.

To the Editor; After listening to Graham Platner use his military record as part of his experience to enhance his bid for representing the people of Maine, I would like to explain part of his responsibility as a sergeant.

To the Editor; As a pastor, gun owner, selectman and multi-generational Mainer, I believe 2026 calls us to decide what kind of people we want to be.

To the Editor; On March 24, No Penobscot County Jail Expansion held a community classroom about the proposal for a larger jail in Penobscot County.

To the Editor; In the past, whenever the price of gasoline would go up and folks would blame the increase on  the incumbent president, I would tell them that presidents have no direct influence on gasoline prices.

To the Editor; Living and working and owning a small business in Piscataquis or Penobscot County, you see up close how much pressure people are under right now.