Bringing awareness to drug misuse To the Editor: Being a teenager, it is very difficult watching a friend choose to take drugs. Once my friend made the choice to use drugs, the choice was also made to stop being my friend. I was hurt and very concerned for my friend. I decided that I wanted ...

Law enforcement urges vote for Draheim and Olson To the Editor: Minnesota’s largest police association, representing over 10,000 rank and file law enforcement officers, enthusiastically supports Sen. Rich Draheim and Rep. Bjorn Olson for re-election. They will always promote public safety ...

Keep Fairmont functional Dear Editor: We now have the opportunity to vote on the Fairmont City Charter questions. If adopted, these amendments will reduce the city’s ability to meet our ongoing needs. Why? Because they all have serious unintended consequences. These potential adverse ...

No on Charter Commission amendments To the Editor: This letter is in response to the front page article in the Photo Press regarding the amendments proposed by the Fairmont Charter Commission. I am a member of the commission, but am not in favor of these amendments and was very unhappy to ...

Bait and/or switch and/or maybe and/or not To the Editor: Disregarding the ambiguous wording on the initial ballot to install a 1/2 percent sales tax in Fairmont. How did the $15,000,000, printed plainly in black and white, suddenly morph into a carte blanche deal for $20,000,000, ...

Martha’s Vineyard not prepared To the Editor: In a letter to the Sentinel recently, a reader commented about the immigrants that were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. She described Martha’s Vineyard as, “one of the most exclusive places to reside in America.” Maybe yes and ...