If you wish to make a donation for heating oil for low-income families, send a check to the Keep ME Warm fund, 510 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 04101 or call 1-800-698-4959. You can also get a fuel gift certificate from your local dealer to give to someone you know who needs help.

You can also call Gov. John Baldacci’s Office (287-3531) and ask why very wealthy corporations in Pine Tree Development Zones (like Belfast) get huge tax breaks and big reductions in electricity rates. And ask them what heating oil and electricity will cost next year.

Jane Sanford

Belfast