All the states that take part in Daylight Savings Time should move the clock ahead a half hour, and leave it at that. I believe this to be the better solution than what is done presently. The idea of not turning the clocks back at all in the fall is not feasible. I remember back […]
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.
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Bill Van Tassel: ‘Uncivil,’ ‘vengeful’ people lied about Trump
I just finished a reread of “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl — an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher and author. Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, writes correctly that there is only one race — the human race. However, he divides humanity into two groups: decent and indecent. In addition to his vast background in psychotherapy, […]
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Cal Thomas: How to ruin America
No nation can survive if it fails to control its borders. Our nation is unique in the world. We are a nation of laws. We are a nation with a rich history. If we abandon what our forebears fought to preserve, what will be left but a shell of a once-great country?
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Richard Smith: Lewiston reval will hike residents’ taxes
In the Feb. 18 Sun Journal article “Lewiston approves $23M capital improvement plan,” there is a paragraph referring to revaluation. It reads as follows: “Lewiston homes, on average, are assessed and taxed at 82% of their market value, while commercial and industrial properties in Lewiston are assessed at 91% of their value. A revaluation would […]
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Harden to receive SeniorsPlus award for work with older people
LEWISTON — Don Harden will be honored with the 2021 Ikaria Award for his work with older people at the annual Fill the Plate Breakfast, to be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, March 19. The virtual event will benefit Meals on Wheels at SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging for Western Maine. […]
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MCA chooses Pownal student as February student of month
SCARBOROUGH — Maine Connections Academy (MCA), the state’s first online public charter school, has selected Will Brown, an eighth-grade student from Pownal, as its February 2021 STAR Student of the Month. The STAR Student is an MCA scholar, selected from students throughout the state, who represents the school’s accomplishments and spirit. This is Will’s first […]
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Ellen Grunblatt: Inmates need vaccine soon, too
This letter regards the March 4 Sun Journal article, “State says people in jails and prisons will have to keep waiting for vaccines.” The unexamined “policy” to exclude inmates from COVID immunization is irresponsible and inhumane, for all the reasons clearly laid out in the article. When we imprison people we become responsible for them. […]
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‘Lean in Toward the Light’ concert to celebrate Sophia’s House opening
LEWISTON — The Center for Wisdom’s Women opened Sophia’s House, a residential healing community for women, one year ago. It was just as the virus arrived, canceling a planned opening gala event at the Franco Center. Now, on the weekend of the equinox, it is time to celebrate the first year of operation and “Lean […]