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.
Craig Anderson: Lawmakers should back Maine Trails Bond
The Maine Legislature is considering a bill, LD 1156, that would — for the first time — put a Maine Trails Bond on the ballot to provide $30 million for the construction and maintenance of trails throughout Maine. We could really use this investment to boost outdoor recreation in the Lewiston area and fix up […]
Renee Fortin: Mainers should speak out for the most innocent
Advocates for abortion call me anti-abortion. I am pro-life; here’s why. Before we are born, or conceived, we already have a God-given destiny, and all our days are written in a book. Isn’t it wonderful that we are known, even before being formed in our mother’s womb? Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, […]
Deanne Danforth: Trump makes mockery of U.S. democracy’s laws
White supremacist hate groups, alt-right and the far right are American terrorists — Nazi sympathizers pretending to be soldiers. White supremacists believe white people should have power over all other races — believe their way is the only way. They push their radical, racist agenda and perpetrate acts of violence against innocent Americans. Groups like […]
Carlyssa Baker: Maine needs a better paid family and medical leave system
When I was 12, my parents purchased a small general store in Roxbury, and we moved to Maine. Shortly after our move my dad was diagnosed with cancer. Because my father was self-employed, he was unable to access paid leave and he found himself undergoing a series of intense medical procedures and appointments while running […]
Cal Thomas: Trump and the old razzle dazzle
Former president Donald Trump’s appearance at a CNN Republican Town Hall in New Hampshire stretched the truth beyond any standard by which that virtue can be measured.
William LaRochelle: Trump, truth and disgrace
In my view, among the words most alien to Donald Trump’s tongue are truth and disgrace. Truth Social is what the liar’s liar had the gall to dub his deservedly tanking social media platform. And, not a bit surprisingly, disgrace is the word he used to denounce a federal jury’s recent finding that he’s liable […]
Gil Steward: ‘Lewiston and Auburn should come together as one’
I agree with Camden Jalbert (“Elected officials should be working to unite Lewiston-Auburn,” May 12). I myself have gone and enjoyed many of these events like the one he mentioned. Having been born in Lewiston and living all of my 69 years in Auburn, the cities of Lewiston and Auburn should come together as one; […]