Cal Thomas: Where’s the beef?

It could be a shout by meat lovers everywhere unless we tell our “masters” we have had enough.

Lucien Wabanonik: My people were robbed, ignored by Hydro-Quebec, Quebec government

Decades ago the dams and infrastructure owned by Hydro-Quebec, a government-owned corporation, were built on the land of three First Nations tribes in Quebec without consent or compensation. To this day, there is no direct communication between HQ and the impacted communities as it continues to deny us our rights so others can profit off land that is rightfully ours.

Transportation programs for older adults get funding

ELLSWORTH — The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Charity Foundation Fund has awarded $82,500 to 11 nonprofit organizations that support community-based transportation programs, including changes in response to the pandemic and efforts to keep community members aged 60 and older socially connected during a time of physical distancing. Grant recipients include: SeniorsPlus, Lewiston, to help fund […]

Rich Lowry: Advantage Trump in the GOP civil war – for now

The Trump-McConnell fight isn’t exactly over the soul of the Republican Party, but it is over whether there will be significant space in the party for figures other than Trump to have notable influence over its direction.

Cartoon for Sunday, Feb. 21

Lewiston adult ed schedule includes standup comedy workshop

LEWISTON — Students will have a chance to test their abilities again with the return of a full week of classes at Lewiston Adult Education starting Tuesday, Feb. 23, that will include the Standup Comedy Workshop and an exercise class, Stretch & Strengthen. The winter-spring 2021 brochure that features Lewiston classes and those from Auburn […]

Scholarship available for agriculture education

ELLSWORTH — Graduating seniors from Maine high schools who are National Future Farmers of America Organization members, and interested in pursuing a career in farming, agriculture or natural resources, can apply for a Ronald P. Guerrette FFA Scholarship through the Maine Community Foundation. The Guerrette FFA Scholarship Fund provides one $1,000 scholarship a year. The […]

Cartoon for Saturday, Feb. 20

USDA temporarily suspends farm loan debt collections, foreclosures

BANGOR — Due to the national public health emergency caused by COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). USDA will temporarily suspend nonjudicial […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Can you say tone deaf?

It seems we run into tone deafness a lot these days. “Defund the Police” may be the dumbest idea to come down the pike in years. It came from one of the most progressive places anyone knows: Minneapolis.