Editors note: This letter is in response to the editorial titled “Up Up and Away.” Twenty-nine years ago, my daughter and her first grade classmates signed a petition to stop balloon launches ...

Letter: How about we honor our loved ones with a more sustainable practice such as planting a tree? ... Letter: Balloon releases look pretty, but are environmentally ugly. Oct 20, 2024 Oct 20, ...

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Balloon releases must stop (“Balloon release honors 2 teenagers killed,” Reading Eagle, Oct. 26). The balloons don’t go to heaven. What goes up, must come down. Released balloons are ...

Regarding “Rising Concerns: Pressure builds in debate over releasing balloons” (Page 1A, March 28): I want to applaud The Record for bringing attention to the issue of balloon launches.

For her late father's birthday, Ashlynn Marracino wrote him a letter and sent it floating on a star-shaped balloon. Imagine her surprise when she got a response.

We are recovering from the COVID-19 epidemic, which could have been manufactured in a Wuhan laboratory, and now a balloon from China is allowed to drift freely over our country.