Dear Editor: June 14 will be a very different election. If your senator was Louie Luchini, you no longer have a senator, as he resigned. Vote for Brian Langley to fulfill the rest of Luchini’s term. Everyone, regardless of party affiliation, may vote for Brian. If you are in Brian’s new district, he will be …
Dear Editor: I read with interest the three letters in last week’s edition of The Ellsworth American regarding the upcoming election for District 7 in the Maine State Senate. All were written in support of the writer’s choice, but I did find one glaring weakness in one letter. While two of the writers shared why …
Dear Editor: For the first time in a dozen years or more, the League of Women Voters – Downeast will not be holding a candidate forum for the election of a state senator in the district that encompasses most of Hancock County. This is a big disappointment to us in the League, but we have …
Dear Editor: To the people of Surry: In April of 2016, I and on behalf of a very small group, asked the voters of Surry to allow us to rehabilitate your Old Village School. You granted my request, and we completed that rehabilitation. For two and a half years now, the Old School has been …
Dear Editor: Americans are, on the whole, a very responsible people. We generally pay back our debts, loans and obligations. Yet the Biden administration has extended the pause on student loan payments yet again until Aug. 31, while liberal progressives clamor for total repayment cancellation of the $ 1.7 trillion of outstanding debt. Biden seems …
Dear Editor: After 21 years, we finally switched from DSL, i.e., copper to coaxial, going from 15×0.7 to 200×10 with Spectrum (Charter Communications, the largest cable provider by subscriber count in the United States). The chief reason for the switch was because the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) made it affordable; well, at least it will …
Dear Editor: Again, horrific mass shootings. Free speech and the right to keep and bear arms cannot be a free-for-all. Supremacy remains about power, and the risks associated with where we are positioned. Should we be able to say anything? Considering the First Amendment, I echo and support the basic principles as: The right to …
Dear Editor: Once again, The Ellsworth American’s opinion page is minimizing the collective efforts of a regional group to improve the municipal solid waste landscape in Maine. The former Coastal Resources of Maine facility opened in late 2019 and ran successfully for six months proving that the technology to recycle, process and keep more household …
Dear Editor: Very soon, we here in Maine Senate District 7 can cast our votes for Nicole Grohoski in the June 14 special election. Nicole’s Maine roots, education, experience and outlook all inform her work for us. Count us as lucky. And count me in. As an older Mainer, I am pleased to have our …
Dear Editor: It is my pleasure to publicly endorse Nicole Grohoski in her June 14 special election for Senate District 7. Her support and leadership for sustainable environmental practices have been demonstrated by her work on the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology while serving in the Maine House of Representatives. She has …
Dear Editor: This letter is in response to the “Trump’s Legacy” letter in the May 12 edition of The Ellsworth American. The writer refers to the often-misquoted Charlottesville “fine people” speech. It seems that she wasn’t aware of the entire quote from then President Trump, some of which is as follows. “You had some very …
Dear Editor: Given choices, our bodies perform the miracle of life. Parents of today’s youth have an uphill battle modeling good judgment, faced with the abortion alterative vs. choosing the life of the unborn. Thousands of underage girls faced with unplanned pregnancy fall prey to the propaganda of the abortion industry. The aftereffects cause psychological …
