One can sympathize with a parent’s desire for predictable schedules. But if they can’t be flexible enough to occasionally show up at work an hour early, they may need a different employer.
Alex Lear
Staff Writer
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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Bob Neal: The Countryman: The high cost of being poor
Although we are near the end of a three-year cycle of inflation, we aren’t near the end of inflation’s effect on people, especially those with low incomes.
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Froma Harrop: New York suburbs could return Democrats to power
Come November, Donald Trump is sure to be on the ballot, and you don’t have to be a Democrat in these affluent suburbs to detest him. Recent redistricting in New York State also slightly enhances Democrats’ prospects.
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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s bizarre pitch to Black voters is martyrdom marketing
Behold, Trump the huckster pitchman. He operates in the tradition of the medicine shows, traveling by truck, horse or wagon teams while peddling patent “miracle cure” medicines and other products throughout the Old West.
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ICU nurse is first recipient of Franklin Memorial Hospital’s Daisy Award
FARMINGTON — Intensive care nurse Kaitlyn Dube received the DAISY Award at Franklin Memorial Hospital on March 5. The award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care given by nurses every day, according to a MaineHealth news release. Dube, FMH’s first Daisy Award recipient, was nominated by […]
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UMaine Farmington faculty recognized for contributions to early childhood field
FARMINGTON — Three University of Maine at Farmington faculty members have been recognized for their contributions to the future of the early childhood profession in Maine by the Maine Association for the Education of Young Children. The MaineAEYC advances a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and supports all who care for, educate and work on […]
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Bengui Sauca: ‘Rent relief is an emergency need in Maine’
Rent relief is an emergency need in Maine. Families who have arrived in Maine eager to contribute, and families who have been building our communities for generations, are all struggling to pay the rent. This situation has real impacts on the stability of families and communities. I know families who have decided to move to […]
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Paul Timberlake: Lake Auburn food for thought
Auburn is fourth out of 131 cities and towns in Maine with the largest square miles. And some people want to develop the land next to a pristine lake, one of few in the nation that doesn’t require apurification system. People should think about that. Paul Timberlake, Lewiston