CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Sugarloaf Region Charitable Trust recently distributed funds to community organizations. A total of $36,650 was given to the Carrabassett Valley Recreation Department, town of Eustis/community donations shed, Stratton School soccer program, Kingfield POPS, Maine Mountain Children’s House, Literacy Volunteers of Franklin & Somerset counties and Greater Franklin Food Council’s school garden […]
Alex Lear
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Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice rebrands, changes name
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice has rebranded to Andwell Health Partners. Founded in 1966, Andwell Health Partners started as a home health provider serving the Androscoggin County region. Over its decadeslong history, it has expanded to all 16 counties, with services that include in-home hospice care, Maine’s first inpatient hospice facility, the Maine […]
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Norway Savings contributes $1K for Lovell accessible trail project
LOVELL — Norway Savings Bank has contributed $1,000 to the Greater Lovell Land Trust for an accessible trail project. Established in 1985, GLLT is a nonprofit land conservation organization that aims to protect the ecosystems of the Kezar Lake, Kezar River, Cold River, and Sweden watersheds. GLLT conserves just over 7,500 acres of land through […]
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Clarence Page: DEI on campus and in corporations is due for a change
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action in colleges and universities, DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hardly looks like it’s in the peak of health.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Perspective
Hal Phillips: RiverWatch: Scholastic no-drinking pledges are ethically sticky, even when fairly applied
My kids are out in the world but the graduation parties keep coming. I attended my first of the 2024 season on Mother’s Day — over to Jean Street in Lewiston (well done, Maddy!) — and it surely won’t be the last such engagement this spring. And yet, without kids in a school system, one […]
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Austin Bay: Pier pressure on Gaza’s shore — and in Michigan
American prestige, equipment and lives are at stake.
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Rep. Tammy Schmersal-Burgess: Maine’s 72-hour waiting period violates the Constitution
Maine’s recent passage of a 72-hour waiting period to purchase a firearm … is a right delayed and therefore a right denied.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: Biden has disastrously misplayed the politics of Gaza
President Biden has shown that it’s impossible to be all things to all people, but it is possible to convince most of them that you don’t know what you’re doing.
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Cal Thomas: Warren Buffet is wrong on taxes
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is right most of the time, but he is no prophet, because he is wrong about raising taxes while ignoring spending cuts.
