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Legalize some things and reduce some afflictions

To the editor: I have some thoughts on Walter Crean’s letter to the editor titled “Thoughts on Abortion.” Your arguments make no sense to me at all. First of all prostitution, assisted suicide and drugs should be legal in all 50 states.

Thoughts on abortion

To the editor: Abortion stops the natural progression of life that starts at conception. Like it or not, that is an indisputable fact. It’s only when man questions Mother Nature that we complicate something so basic. So to those people who sanctimoniously spout, “It’s my body, I can do what I want to with it,” I can only say you are wrong.

Valley Girls comic – Week of May 18, 2022

This kid is so weird.

Valley Girls comic – Week of May 18, 2022

Spring in Maine.

1950 census search

The 1950 census was released April 1 on the website of the National Archives (NARA) at www.archives.gov/reserach/census. Fee-based sites such as Ancestry.com also host the census.

Les lettres Q, R, S

Q - Tonthétutatoux? A - Ton thé tu ta toux? (Your tea kill your cough?)

Grateful for VFW’s help

To the editor: The income tax season has just ended, which makes it a good time for us at AARP TaxAide in Caribou to extend a sincere thank you to the members and leadership of VFW post 9389.

Get home before dark

To the editor: This folk tale is for our 21st-century kids in the St.

Let’s be honest

To the editor: As an independent, I ask all of you, my fellow Maine residents, to review with me and comment on the following.

Valley Girls

Time spent with Mom

My mother and I used to go fishing.

Preserving Maine veterans’ access to long-term care

Earlier this year, Maine Veterans’ Homes, which provides compassionate, quality long-term care to the brave men and women who served our country, announced that it planned to close its facilities in Caribou and Machias, two of the six homes it operates.

Valley Girls comic – Week of Apriil 27, 2022

Just no willpower.

On the move

Our ancestors had the itch to move. It’s a human urge to wonder what is beyond the next hill or valley or to seek a better life.

Coming together to save Caribou’s Maine Veterans Home

When the Legislature established the Maine Veterans’ Homes back in 1977, the state made a commitment to the men and women serving in our nation’s armed forces -- a commitment to repay their service by making sure they would be cared for in their later years.

Spring’s new beginning

Easter is perhaps my favorite holiday. To me, Easter is the time of renewal and hope. Easter is the opening act for the glory of Spring and the solace of summer.

Sneaky sunburn

It’s that “sneaky sunburn” time of year again, when the cooler air of April tricks you into forgetting just how strong the sun’s rays are getting.

Valley Girls comic – Week of April 20, 2022

He is free (gulp)

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