As a new mom, children are on my mind this season.
2025
It cannot be antisemitic to rail against the war on Gaza | Letter
Given the extraordinary intensity and duration of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, it is worth asking whether more is driving this response than the familiar structural explanations: internal political pressures, regional and geopolitical calculations, the asymmetries of modern warfare, and the undeniable brutality of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. These factors matter. Yet they do […]
Portland family’s Thanksgiving terror should give us all pause | Opinion
Although immigration policy is complicated, shouldn’t we all agree on what crosses the line?
Rangeley Highlander Winter Guide 2025-2026
A special advertising section published in the Rangeley Highlander on Friday, December 5, and the Sun Journal on Sunday, December 7, 2025.
Watch: Santa arrives on a fire truck in West Paris
Area children listened to after school Explorer’s Program Director Eileen Storck read stories then saw Santa light the Christmas tree at Town Office.
Both parties have failed to address the affordability challenge | Jim Fossel
Although playing the political blame game may help win elections, it doesn’t help the American people one bit.
Frigid cold breaks decades-old records in Portland, Augusta
Temperatures dropped to near zero — with wind chills in the negatives — Thursday night into Friday morning as the chilly air set in behind an arctic cold front.
Preserving the Department of Education’s authority is essential | Letter
On Nov. 29, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) turned 50. For half a century, it has guaranteed progress and opportunity for students with disabilities. Yet recent federal actions threaten to unravel those protections. Special education must remain within the Department of Education, not shifted to the Department of Health and Human Services. Learning […]
Historic images light up Lewiston’s Lisbon Street: ‘A Street of Stories’
The project is described as a digital storytelling event, one that uses archival images to weave tales of Lewiston’s downtown in the days of old.
Start Here: Arctic cold blasts Maine + Where to find warming centers
What you need to know today.