A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Fontaine real estate team hires 2 to Auburn office
Fontaine Family — The Real Estate Leader has hired Joseph Vari and Linda Sherman to its Auburn office. Vari, originally from Youngstown, Ohio, now a resident of Lewiston, has spent over two decades in college coaching. He has served as the head women’s soccer coach at Bates College since 2019, where his commitment to developing […]
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Rep. Kathy Shaw: Legislature can make it easier for people to grow their own food
As a state, we need to do more to make healthy, locally-grown food available to more people. I’ve been a longtime farmer in our community, and have frequently fielded questions from folks about how we can help make this happen. Currently, under the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, structures used to grow crops are […]
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Whitney Pelletier: Sheline works ‘to make Lewiston a better place’
I’m writing to express my support of Carl Sheline as mayor of Lewiston. As a Lewiston business owner, I have seen firsthand the positive impact Carl has had on our city. He truly values Lewiston’s residents, business owners, and city employees. I believe that Carl is working to make Lewiston a better place. Whitney Pelletier, […]
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Peter Zanoni: Some lawbreakers get jail time, others get freedom
I don’t get it. Why are there so many people in jails all across America, and we say “because they broke a law.” Well, shouldn’t we let all of them walk out of jail freely now to honor equality and fairness? Why? Because every migrant who enters America illegally has broken the law, too. And, […]
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Clarence Page: Fani Willis and the court of public opinion
It doesn’t take a law degree to know that the appearance of impropriety can be just as damaging as the real thing. Sometimes worse.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2024
Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Feb. 28
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
Hunter Kissam: High time for a ceasefire in Gaza
There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t been said, but the message can’t be said enough. Gaza’s people are under the imminent threat of genocide at the hands of the extremist Israeli government, backed by the full weight of the U.S. government. Still, it’s amazing to see the blatant hypocrisy. Benjamin Netanyahu can say Israel […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
Patrick Eisenhart: Union’s no-confidence vote on Lewiston mayor raises questions
After reading your newspaper’s Feb. 22 article, “Union votes ‘no confidence’ in Mayor Sheline,” the first question I asked myself, “Haven’t we had enough negative news in Lewiston to last a lifetime?” The next question was how the union president ever got elected with so little knowledge of collective bargaining and how a town or […]
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, Feb. 27
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2024
Rich Lowry: It makes no sense to abandon Ukraine
It’s difficult to predict how a Ukrainian defeat would reverberate. Abandoning allies in a humiliating fashion has unpredictable consequences. When we cut lose South Vietnam in the 1970s, it catalyzed an anti-Western offensive around the world, and Joe Biden’s botched pull-out from Afghanistan may have tempted Putin into Ukraine.
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