No stranger to work, Libby Mitchell used to ride along with her “traveling salesman” dad, and when he opened his own store she sorted shelves and waited on customers. Along the way she had many jobs, including being a peach sorter and working for a jewelry store.  As a camp counselor for the Fresh Air […]

Contrary to the opinion of Jeff Toorish, I am proud to put my full support behind Gary Foster in House District 109. Gary has proved to me that he is a person of integrity and commitment who will serve the citizens of District 109 well in Augusta. He has an extensive record of community service […]

I would like to set the record straight and counter some of the personal attacks in Jeff Toorish’s letter about Gary Foster. Growing up in Gray, Foster gained experience as an independent businessman and is a well-known carpenter and subcontractor in the area. He owns a multi-tenant building for which he is paying a mortgage […]

When I close the curtain at the voting booth, I want my precious vote to support the one candidate who can truly represent me in Senate District 11. Jerry Davis has done this over the past years as a representative and is doing so now as the incumbent senator. As his neighbor for the past […]

We are writing in support of Dick Woodbury, who is running for state Senate in District 11. He is an independent who served in the Maine House from 2002 to 2008. We have known Dick for about 15 years and worked on several committees with him. One of us is a Democrat, the other a […]

I am writing to share my wholehearted endorsement of Anne Graham for House District 109. I first got to know Anne when she was the pediatric nurse for my children’s doctor. Her warmth and sensible approach made her standout as a practitioner and as a person. Since then, I have come to know Anne as […]

It seems, from his recent column, that Edgar Allen Beem is gleefully pronouncing the death of capitalism by it’s own hands. I suggest an alternative explanation: The free market in this great nation did not fall on it’s own sword. Rather, it has been slowly, but steadily, strangled at the hands of a growing nanny-state […]

Tom Gruber had a mother with Alzheimer’s disease. He could have let her stay in Philadelphia with other family members. Instead, he brought her here. He visited her every day. He made it a point to get to know the other residents at the Alzheimer’s unit, their families and the staff. He learned about the […]

As a resident of Brunswick, I am writing to express my strong support for Scott Thomas for state Senate in District 10 (Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal). Scott understands that the shell game in Augusta with our tax dollars must stop. Over the past years Augusta has paid lip service to the constitutional requirement to […]

I write to support Sen. Stan Gerzovsky for re-election in District 10 (Brunswick, Harpswell, Freeport, Pownal). He is a knowledgeable, effective leader who cares about people and real human needs. I know this from personal experience. Five years ago, when one of my children became seriously ill and had to leave college, I discovered that, […]