LEWISTON — In partnership with Healthy Androscoggin, Lewiston Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) members are sharing their voices and some favorite views to advocate for mental health awareness, a topic they feel strongly about, especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, called “The View and Voice of LYAC … A Light in the Dark,” will open […]
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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Ray Mitchell: Overthrowing election undermines Constitution
It is safe to say that most citizens have not read the Constitution recently. Therefore most do not fully understand what is being planned by some of our legislators. Every member of Congress takes an oath to obey and enforce the Constitution. President-elect Biden’s victory has been endorsed by every governor. Fifty lawsuits declaring fraud […]
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Rich Lowry: Trump’s shameful Georgia call
Trump was repetitive and ill-informed. He had no idea what charges had been debunked weeks ago. He didn’t, or couldn’t, distinguish between true and false information. He was fuzzy on the details of his own legal case. He retailed conspiracy theories about ballots being burned and voting machines being removed that would be embarrassing if your uncle shared them on Facebook.
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Jon St. Laurent: Time for Trump to ‘hit the bricks’
The defeated sitting president and his moribund rag-tag legal team — having not found “standing” in better than 60 lawsuits of elections supervisors and secretaries of state, along with other states and attorneys general bringing legal challenges against other states closely won by Biden to SCOTUS, as well as recounts, audits, and bogus claims of […]
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In rebuttal: Michael LeBlanc: Death tapping, not pounding, at door
In a recent letter, author Michael Boom advises us to hunker down because death is at the door. The Maine CDC published numbers on Dec. 29 showing that the state’s infection fatality rate (IFR) is 1.7%. That is, our survivability rate is 98.3%. Death is indeed at the door, but it’s not pounding — just […]
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Timothy Carter: Support for river classification upgrade
Two articles in Dec. 30’s Sun Journal prompted me to write about them. Sen. Ned Claxton has introduced a bill to raise the Androscoggin River from class C to class B. I hope it qualifies; behind my house it does. This is much nicer than it was as an open sewer. For those who enjoy […]
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Families ‘pay what you can’ for WinterKids App this year
WESTBROOK — Full of free and discounted winter sports opportunities, the mobile WinterKids app is a way to stay safe and have fun outdoors with the whole family. A family membership covers a family of five (an adult and up to four kids) for a year, Nov. 1, 2020, to Oct. 31, 2021. Kids 17 […]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters recruits mentors for area youths
AUBURN — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine (BBBSMM) has kicked off 2021 with a recruitment effort to match 30 waiting “Littles” with adult mentors, and train another 70 college and high school students to serve as “Virtual Bigs” to mentor area youth, with hopes of returning to in-person programming this year. The campaign, “One […]
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Noel Madore: Veterans park additions glorify war
Lewiston’s Veterans Memorial Park has taken a turn against purpose and community. This park was a gem that brought everyone to admire the Great Falls. A place where people could meet and have events, celebrating our community. A place where kids and adults could play. But in the past 10 years it has turned into […]