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
Sally Papciak: COVID-19’s effects on adults with disabilities living in group homes
Individuals in a group home require between three and eight, or even more, trained professionals daily. Direct support professionals assist with grooming and hygiene, ensure safe and healthy meals, prompt individuals to interact with others appropriately, and help individuals work toward achieving goals. Among countless other tasks, the direct support professionals ensure a clean, safe environment for all residents.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Greg Boardman: Death penalty needs to go
Lisa Montgomery died at our hands by execution this week. Driven mad by the cruel abuse she endured as a child, she lashed out in her own twisted sense of justice, and took a life as recompense for her own destroyed life. Are Lisa Montgomery’s abusers not accomplices in her act of murder? Are we […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Dawn King: CMP pro-corridor ads spread fear, misinformation
As a Mainer who has spent countless hours volunteering my time to qualify the “No CMP Corridor” referendum for the ballot for a second year in a row, I am deeply offended by Central Maine Power’s latest ads against our volunteer effort, which are designed to instill fear and spread misinformation. The Maine Constitution recognizes […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Andrew Whitney: Threat of voter fraud is real
Voter fraud or not, the threat is real. Which side of the aisle one sits on is not relevant in this conversation. Chaos is not beneficial to anyone. We’ve all learned recently how fragile democracy is. It doesn’t matter if voter fraud actually occurs; the mere threat or perception that it could occur is enough […]
Posted inConnections
Leavitt trustees raising funds for auditorium dedication
TURNER — Leavitt Institute trustees are kicking off a fundraising effort to dedicate the Leavitt Area High School auditorium in memory of Elaine Chenard. The funds will be used to design and install signage and create an account that will assist with the ongoing upkeep and improvements to the auditorium for years to come. Chenard […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Police, in the community or of it
Over the years, this military approach to police work starts to attract not the Norm Carons of the world but the cop who screams at a lost old man, the sergeant who pumps up his crew with stark warnings. In, but not of, the community.
Posted inConnections
Well done news for Saturday, Jan. 16
Auburn student presents at Lasell symposium NEWTON, Mass. — Naiv Luciano Velez, a Lasell University student from Auburn, presented at the university’s Fall Career Readiness Symposium in December. Velez was a member of the university’s course on Black Psychology, and helped to organize African Diaspora Day educational activities for symposium. Velez facilitated a panel discussion […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Let ’em up easy’?
The world is watching. It must see every single rioter who can be identified prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law. And it must see Trump held to answer for his crimes, must see him punished – or else let us never again hold ourselves up as a beacon of democracy or a nation of laws. We let ‘em up easy once before, and we’re still dealing with the repercussions.