I wish to thank Laurel Libby, state Representative from Auburn and Minot, for her support of women and girls-only sports. The fact our great state allows males to compete against females is beyond belief. Males competing against females is not fair and more importantly, it is dangerous. Arthur Wing, Auburn
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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Aubri Slaugh: Care for the caregivers
Many of us who do this work feel called to it. I hope lawmakers with the power to make positive change feel called to care for the caregivers and give us the opportunity to do more than just survive.
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Zoë Lidstrom and Jae Zimmermann: Trans girls in sports is a distraction
We are being pitted against one another over a hot-button issue that keeps us distracted from the power and money grab taking place under our very noses. The Trump administration has weaponized the issue of trans girls in sports to threaten to override congressional power of the purse by withholding taxpayer money already allocated via […]
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Rich Lowry: Who does Jeff Bezos think he is?
It’s not unusual — in fact, it’s the norm — for an owner to determine the editorial line of a newspaper.
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Donald Potter: Trump/Vance ambush of Zelenskyy was shameful
On Feb. 28, never in my life had I been so ashamed to call myself an American. The ambush of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance in the Oval Office was a despicable display of brutish disrespect of a wartime ally of the U.S. The past three years have seen the […]
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Norway Savings Bank lauds team member achievements
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank held its 2025 Employee Appreciation Day Celebration Feb. 26 at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Among local people honored was Kristen Charette, mortgage loan officer and vice president in Fryeburg as well as in North Conway, New Hampshire, who was named employee of the year. The Culture Champion Award […]
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Patrick Eisenhart: I don’t support Rep. Libby
Wow. On the Feb. 28 front page in super-sized lettering, “I support Libby.” Well, I don’t. Wasn’t Rep. Laurel Libby just censured by the state Legislature for breaking federal Title IX law and Maine Child Online Privacy Protection laws by posting on her Facebook page the picture of a Maine high school student athlete she […]
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Judy Cyr: Rep. Libby deserves an apology, removal of censure
The Democrat majority took away the right of Republican Rep. Laurel Libby to vote and speak on the House floor until she’s complied with the speaker’s request for an apology because she posted a photo of a male athlete playing in a girls’ sport, that had already been posted online by the school and others. […]