The Lewiston City Council recently received and approved the recommendations by the Mayoral Ad-hoc Committee on Equity and Diversity. These recommendations were for the City Council to take steps to ensure the city treats all residents and visitors equally and that the city’s workforce represents the diversity of our community. Many of the recommendations spoke […]
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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Food bank issues capacity building grants to partner agency network
AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank has announced the recipients of its Capacity Building Grant program. Investments in capacity enable the partner network to not only meet the needs of their community, but to transform food access to a model that prioritizes people’s health, provides affirming and supportive experiences, connects people to their community and […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Vive tous les differences
When we see America as scores — even hundreds — of ethnicities, the picture is a lot more fluid. Irish. Kikuyu. Taiwanese. Salvadoran. Swedish. Ebo. Iraqi. German. Japanese. Portuguese. Ethiopian. And a lot more interesting.
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Janet Devereux: Paris selectmen should back masks
For some time now I have debated with myself if the Paris Board of Selectmen has the safety and well-being of its residents as its primary concern. As of the last meeting I believe selectmen do not. Their passage of an anti-mask mandate has convinced me. We have had our town hall and police department […]
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Maine Catholics invited to ‘Catholic Teaching & Science’ virtual presentation
STANDISH — Saint Joseph’s College of Maine invites all Maine Catholics to a free online presentation to be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. “Catholic Teaching & Science” will feature a conversation with Dr. Stephen Barr about the Catholic Church’s relationship to science, including the theory of evolution. He will discuss how […]
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Terence McManus: Unanswered COVID impact questions
We were recently informed that the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 now stands at about 520,000. Given a U.S. population of about 330 million this means that the virus has killed one out of every 634 persons in America. 1) How many of those deceased were seniors whose immune systems were worn out because of […]
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Michael Tetreault: People should earn their benefits
My partner and I have lived in Lewiston since 2015. I believe it’s time someone speaks up about the Lewiston General Assistance Program. This became obvious a short time after we moved here to Lewiston. I have a reference point because I received General Assistance when I lived Portland. And, when I received General Assistance […]
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Roy Mathews: Plan aims to protect environment, expand economy
Maine’s Vacationland moniker has always drawn folks from across the country to the state’s pristine wilderness. From Acadia to The County, Mainers have always been linked to their environment for business and pleasure, so much so that it’s a way of life. That is precisely why we must address the toll climate change is taking […]
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Rich Lowry: Alzheimer’s be not proud
Toward the end, when things were bleakest, my Mom would still shine through the shroud of the disease. If she talked, it was always incoherently, but I could see her making points the way she always had. She might chuckle softly at a mention of my brother. Even when I couldn’t get anything else out of her, she’d hum, to patriotic songs, to hymns, to “Ode to Joy.”