PORTLAND – Bank of America announced Feb. 25 that it is donating $50,000, worth 150,000 meals, to Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine to address food insecurity in the region. Maine is ranked fifth in the nation for very low food security rates, a more severe range of food insecurity that involves reduced food intake […]
Alex Lear
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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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Arthur Roy: Students should stand for Pledge of Allegiance
I write in response to a March 7 story by Vanessa Paolella (“Lewiston students no longer need written permission to abstain from Pledge of Allegiance“). I did two tours of duty in Vietnam. The second time I was wounded and was discharged through no wish of my own after becoming a chief petty officer. I […]
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Patricia Mador: Proposed Auburn zoning change raises concerns
I participated March 8 in the Auburn Planning Board Hearing via Zoom, since I live in the area that would be affected by the proposed Court Street zoning change. The change from urban residential to traditional neighborhood development is designed to increase the density of housing and to allow uses like community services, small offices, […]
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Libby Fotter: Mainers need proposed gas tax break
Many Mainers drive hundreds of miles a week for work, particularly in the rural areas. Families with children also have the added driving of their kids to activities. Gas prices are so high and predicted to go even higher, which will trigger even higher food prices. My husband travels to work and fuel costs are […]
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Sorrel Dunn: Pine Tree power offers Mainers ‘real power’ over electricity
Matt Leonard recently warned against a government-run electrical company in Maine (“Government shouldn’t control electric utility,” Feb. 26). I agree. Right now, CMP and Versant are regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, a three-member board appointed by the governor. But we’ve got the chance right now to take control of our electricity. How? With the […]
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David Griswold: Cutting state gas tax ‘a bad idea’
Before people accept that the opportunistic politicians’ idea to suspend the Maine gasoline tax will save their bacon, they should do the math.If I drove my 2007 Subaru 10,000 miles a year, I would use 385 gallons. The 30-cent-per-gallon state tax on those gallons would be $115.50. That amounts to $2.22 savings per week. I’ll […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: People’s Convoy driving around in circles
One would happily trade the thousand drivers of the “People’s Convoy” for one Vadim Pashkiuskiy. In the name of freedom, he’s driving his truck into a war zone.
Meantime, they’re driving theirs in circles.
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Tom Saviello: Poliquin wrong about Golden vote claim
Recently, Bruce Poliquin — the former member of Congress representing our second district — claimed U.S. Rep. Jared Golden “voted” a bill that would end U.S. consumption of Russian oil. Sounds important — except there was no such “vote.” The bill he references has not come to the House floor and has yet to be […]