Editor, As most of you who subscribe to the Biddeford Journal know, Andy Young writes frequent editorials for the newspaper. During the George W. Bush years, Mr. Young was very critical of the president’s policies, especially the decision to send American forces into Iraq. In the last two years, during the Donald Trump presidency, Andy […]
September 2018
Once proud Republican now an Independent
Editor, “What serve man to gain the world if he loses his soul?” To Trump I say if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. People that know me and those who subscribe to the Journal Tribune who have read my letters to the editor know I have been a loyal Republican […]
Flags in Biddeford getting battered by weather
Editor, I was wondering when Biddeford workers will be taking down the large number of American flags put up before Memorial Day along Alfred Street? Some of the flags are getting rather battered and worn out by the weather and both of my grandchildren have pointed them out to me numerous times as we are […]
No honor in being a ‘quitter’
Editor, Regarding the Letter to the Editor “Once proud Republican now an Independent” To change an established institution from within requires courage, perseverance, commitment, and intestinal fortitude. Quitting is easy. There is no honor in quitting. Paul Israelson Biddeford
Letters: Supporting oyster farming in Maquoit, GOP subverts separation of powers
YIMBO supports oyster farming in Maquoit I am writing to express support for the Mere Point Oyster Company’s proposed oyster farming lease in Maquoit Bay. I believe that is it is important to retain green jobs and industry in Maine, employ young people and combat the declining natural resources caused by global warming and invasive […]
Jessicah Pierre: To Nike: Support racial justice without profiting from it
Nike’s latest “Just Do It” ad campaign includes a number of A-list athletes: LeBron James, Serena Williams, Odell Beckham Jr. and, most controversially, Colin Kaepernick. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Kaepernick — who played quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers — famously knelt during the national anthem before NFL games to protest […]
Big Five? Talent-rich Celtics embracing lofty expectations
CANTON, Mass. — Last summer, new Boston Celtics arrivals Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward beamed just imagining what it would be like to share the court together. Those dreams lasted all of five minutes before Hayward was lost for the season to a gruesome leg injury on the opening night of the season. The Celtics […]
Jets get back to work with focus on Jags, not loss to Browns
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Sam Darnold and the New York Jets were back on the practice field after some time away. Time enough to mostly clear their heads of the miserable 21-17 loss at Cleveland last Thursday , not that the sting was easy to brush off in the few days since. “Yeah, they’ve been […]
John F. Bshara, Jr.
ALFRED — John F. Bshara, Jr., 78, of Alfred, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. He was born on Aug. 3, 1940 to John and Annie (Clough) Bshara, Sr. in Sanford where he grew up and attended local schools. Throughout John’s working life he was employed at Seamloc […]
Michael Shannon: The Left’s Do-It-Yourself Authoritarianism
There is a new meme circulating that Trumpistas have found very pertinent. It’s a stark black-and-white photo of a seated Trump. One elbow is on his left knee and his other hand is gesturing toward the viewer as he leans forward. The president has an expression on his face not unlike the famous ‘Uncle Sam […]
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