I was so pleased to read former Republican legislator Pat Flood’s endorsement of Senate Democratic candidate Peggy Rotundo. His words, based on his experience working with her in the Legislature, remind us how important it is to have legislators who can work “across the aisle,” especially in today’s political climate. Peggy epitomizes the kind of […]
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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Leonard Pitts Jr.: You don’t treat a human being like this
The killing of Craig Ridley is a reminder that luxuriant cruelty carries a price beyond that paid by the victim. In what sort of civilized society, after all, do people walk past a paralyzed man begging for help?
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Susan Lea: People need to stop removing, damaging political signs
I ask people to please stop removing and damaging political signs. I am interested in local politics. This year I decided to help make candidates’ names more familiar by putting up a few signs for two of the candidates. I did not expect some signs in Poland to be removed or damaged. I have cleaned […]
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Rich Lowry: Biden deserves what he’s going to get on the economy
If President Biden is offering poor explanations for poor results, at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what he says. No presidential statement can compete with declining real wages and steeply increasing food costs.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Gregory Nadeau: Gov. Mills a ‘uniter’ deserving of re-election
I am proud that my 35 years in public service began as a member of the Maine Legislature in 1979, representing Lewiston throughout the 1980s. Janet Mills was elected district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties and, in my role as a legislator, I worked with her from the beginning of her career in […]
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Carrie Jadud: Rep. Craven ‘a tireless champion’ for Lewiston
Before I moved to Maine and experienced the “citizen Legislature” firsthand, I had never thought to seek a relationship with my state legislators. So I still can’t believe my luck that Margaret Craven represents my family in Augusta. I have had the opportunity to be part of multiple conversations between Rep. Craven and her constituents. […]
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Mary Roussel: Vote Lewis for Androscoggin County Commission, District 5
Commissioner responsibilities include overseeing the county personnel system, coordinating activities of the county board, and central administration, including county departments with independently elected officers such as auditor and treasurer, recorder, attorney and sheriff. Responsibilities also include reviewing, adjusting and adopting the annual county budget, monitoring the fiscal health of the county, and authorizing the application […]
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Cal Thomas: Justice denied in Parkland killings
One of the several definitions of “justice” is “the administering of deserved punishment or reward.” If Nikolas Cruz did not deserve having his life taken from him because he robbed 17 others of theirs, what crime would fit the definition?
