July 2, 2020 – Page 9 – Lewiston Sun Journal

Where is Sara Gideon?

July 2, 2020June 29, 2020

To the Editor: To her credit, Senator Susan Collins coauthored the CARES Act and Payment Protection Program that has provided $2 billion in Covid-19 crisis relief to Maine small businesses and 100,000 Maine employees. What Senator Collins is not getting credit for is the disbursement to our state of $1.25 billion in much needed second […]

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Why the silence?

July 2, 2020June 29, 2020

To the Editor: What? No letter about the civil rights movement of today? Silence – Martin Luther King, Jr. had something to say about white silence. I wonder how the immigrant community who had a desire to come to America – the United States – for freedom and peace – how they feel as people […]

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A winter season of new work

by Carri Frechette July 2, 2020June 29, 2020

SOUTH PARIS — Lynn Driscoll of Stone River Gallery is pleased to announce that she will be displaying her new winters work of fine art at McLaughlin Garden and Homestead in South Paris, Maine. Her art exhibit began June 10 and will run until July 7 in McLaughlin Garden’s new gallery space right off […]

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For athletes, decision to opt out is fraught with health concerns and pull of social activism

by Kareem Copeland July 2, 2020July 6, 2020

Professional athletes across the country, and across leagues, are debating whether to return to play amid the spread of the novel coronavirus and the social justice movement in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police in Minneapolis.