June 2019 – Page 7 – Lewiston Sun Journal

Briefly: City

June 30, 2019July 29, 2019

Big Swing Tournament benefits ‘Bigs’ BRUNSWICK — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick’s annual Big Swing Tournament will be held on Friday, Sept. 13, at the Brunswick Golf Club, 165 River Road. A shotgun start will open the tournament at 9 a.m. The organization’s goal is to raise $42,000 at The Big Swing, which will […]

Opinion, Perspective

The 4th of July is our holiday — not Trump’s

by Margaret Sullivan June 30, 2019June 27, 2019

We, the people, have been celebrating July Fourth for decades — and that’s how it should be. We don’t need to reframe D.C.’s celebration.

Maine

Even plastic-bag-toting shoppers favor ban

by Bonnie Washuk June 30, 2019June 29, 2019

AUBURN — As Lynn and Mark Klinger loaded groceries into their car, they smiled about the fact that they didn’t use any plastic grocery bags. All six bags were reusable. “No plastic bags. Except for the produce,” Mark said. The Klingers support new Maine laws that will outlaw single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam containers, starting […]

bPlus

In verse: Maine places and people

June 30, 2019June 27, 2019

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Ruth Guillard of Bowdoinham. ROBINS IN WINTER By Ruth Guillard I met a man today who talked animatedly about the flock of robins he had seen, jumping chirping, swinging on bare branches. Everyone knows, he said, robins are a sign of spring. I did not tell […]

Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme

Street Talk: Eyes wide shut and stuff

by Mark LaFlamme June 30, 2019June 26, 2019

The Order of Streets It’s incredibly sad. For more than a quarter-century I’ve been working the crime beat in downtown Lewiston. For more than a quarter century, I’ve failed to memorize the order of streets that run between Pine and Ash. Is it Blake, Pierce, Bartlett, Howard, Howe, Shawmut, Horton? Does Pierce come before Blake? […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Pretending it’s not an invasion

by Paul Ackerman June 30, 2019June 26, 2019

In a previous column I referred to the hidden migrant camps in remote locations in Panama that are funneling middle easterners and other migrants through Costa Rica and on northward to the U.S. border. It is referred to as “controlled flow.” What has been happening in recent weeks has suddenly highlighted the clearly organized criminal […]

bPlus, Lewiston-Auburn

Face time: Spinning tunes with Bill Lepack

by Mark LaFlamme June 30, 2019June 30, 2019

Not long ago, while trawling YouTube, I discovered the music of Slade, a band that dates back to the late ’60s and yet somehow I’d never heard of them. Absolutely floored by their tunes, I consulted with Bill Lepack, a fellow who lives in Livermore and who I consider an expert on music, the obscure […]