Alex Lear
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: The left fringe almost always loses
It’s not just Republican voters who are defending a few honest members of their party against right-wing assault. Democrats have pushed back left-wing jihads against their moderates. Note the failure to knock off a conservative Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar, in a recent primary.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Carole Richards: Biden administration gets too much blame for calamities
Members of the GOP are running around with their hair on fire, blaming the high price of gas and oil, the war in Ukraine, the wild fires and the drought on the present administration. Really? The gas and oil companies are padding the pockets of their puppet politicians instead of putting their billion-dollar profits back […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Bette Thibeault: Rotundo offers ‘quiet, yet forceful presence’ to Senate
Peggy Rotundo is a woman of integrity, wisdom and thoughtful consideration when speaking on issues that affect all people she represents. I am so pleased she is running for a Senate seat again. She fulfilled, with grace and dignity, the position she held in the Maine Senate. It is my hope she will be representing […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Poland Select Board: Vote yes on RSU 16’s Question 2
Every citizen should have the right to vote for the RSU 16 Budget at the polls. Every three years they see the following: Question 2. Do you wish to continue the budget validation referendum process in Regional School Unit Sixteen (16) for an additional three years? This year the RSU 16 board has advocated to […]
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Rich Lowry: The United States has an epidemic of gang shootings
It is difficult to tell exactly how many gun homicides in the country are gang-related (among other things, witnesses are reluctant to talk). But the Department of Justice’s National Gang Center, in what is almost certainly an undercount, reports that there were roughly 2,000 gang homicides annually from 2007-2012, accounting for about 13% of all homicides. In Chicago and Los Angeles, around half of all homicides were gang related.
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Elaine Makas: Rabasco should be tri-counties’ next D.A.
Edward Rabasco Jr., a highly qualified trial attorney with 35 years of experience in both criminal and civil law, has announced his write-in candidacy for district attorney. Mr. Rabasco has been endorsed by the Democratic Committees of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, the three counties served by the DA’s office. As a former Androscoggin County […]
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Gail Shelley: Candidate Libby offers ‘a refreshing face and a strong voice’
Laurel Libby is once again running for the state Legislature, for District 90. She is one of the most driven, honest and dedicated people I have ever met. She is well known for “going live” on Facebook, and by watching and listening I have learned more about politics in the past year than in my […]
