When asked to name someone I admire, I immediately think of Sen. Peggy Rotundo. She is a person who puts her community first and is truly a servant leader for her constituents and the state of Maine. Continuing to serve as chair of Appropriations, she provides her community with unique access to influence in Maine’s […]

And there it is. The Supreme Court’s recent decision to give the president immunity for all “official” and most “unofficial” would-be criminal acts is its most serious step yet in the destruction of American democracy. The Levitsky-Ziblatt seminal book, “How Democracies Die,” described in detail how the court system, once corrupted by an autocrat, can […]

In the hilarious movie “Weekend at Bernie’s,” two employees discovered someone was embezzling. It was their boss: Bernie. To keep them close, Bernie invited them to his wild weekend beach house party. As it started, Bernie died, but people thought he was drunk, so to continue the fun, the two employees propped him up and […]

I wholeheartedly concur with Ben Lounsbury’s call for more enforcement of traffic laws (“Unsafe driving in Auburn,” July 5). Speed limits are routinely ignored, and red traffic signals too often seem to be treated as mere suggestions. Twice in the past week I have watched multiple cars cross my path as I sat at a […]

With our incumbent House representative stepping down, the time for dynamic, forward-thinking leadership in House District 81 has come. Having just moved from an adjacent district, I’m thrilled at the prospect of Joan Beal representing me and our rural western Maine communities in Augusta. I have known Joan for more than a decade through my […]