I wonder how long are we going to tolerate the Russian atrocities and expect the Ukrainians to “compromise.” If someone broke into a person’s house, killed their kids and burned their house, would they compromise? What is there to compromise? If the Ukrainians let the Russians off with everything they have done and let them […]
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: Consumer societies are clearly worth defending
Consumer societies are not weak because their people like road bikes, garage door openers and air fryers. The choice of goods that come in boxes rewires the society to be more flexible and eventually stronger in ways that can’t be touched.
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Rich Lowry: Why Trump?
Republicans could have their pick of a variety of alternatives in 2024 who don’t personalize everything, who don’t create a haze of chaos around everything they do, and who don’t carry more baggage than the underbelly of an Airbus A380-800.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Norway Savings Bank hires human resources VP
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has hired Jackie Curtis as vice president, human resources. Curtis will lead recruitment and retention strategies, manage human resources operations/services, and partner with managers to ensure employees have opportunities to thrive and grow, according to a news release from the bank. Curtis comes to the bank with more than 20 […]
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Jay pharmacy earns best exterior sign award
JAY — Spruce Mountain Pharmacy has earned the Innovation Center Excellence Award for Best Exterior Sign, according a news release from the National Community Pharmacists Association. “Congratulations to Spruce Mountain Pharmacy for earning the NICE Award for Best Exterior Sign,” association Innovation Center President Kurt Proctor said. “The NICE Awards spotlight the best of community […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Peggy Volock: Don’t endanger quality of Auburn’s drinking water
I am one of the Auburn citizens mentioned in Jim Wellehan’s letter to the editor who spoke against shrinking the Lake Auburn watershed boundary at the March 21 City Council meeting. The last geophysical and hydrologic study of the impact area was done in 1993, and even then it concluded that “correlations between the bedrock […]
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Martin Keim: Auburn needs housing, but not at water supply
I wonder, why change the zoning around Auburn water supply? Auburn has many acres of available land to build housing and development on. Who is going to profit from this development? Historically housing with water views and/or near a lake is for the wealthy. We need affordable housing. People should look around the world; water […]
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Sen. Lisa Keim: Resolution to halt vaccine mandate needs support
The U.S. Senate recently voted 49-44 in support of a resolution to halt President Biden’s overreaching and unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. I applaud Sen. Susan Collins for standing up for freedom by voting in support of the resolution, and I express my disappointment that Sen. Angus King voted in opposition. In […]