AUBURN — The Androscoggin Democrats are participating in a virtual food drive to support the Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine, in partnership with the Maine Democratic Party, ending in early January. The Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine is an organization dedicated to eliminating hunger in Maine by improving access to nutritious food for […]
Alex Lear
Staff Writer
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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COVID-19 emergency baskets going to cancer patients in Western Maine
NORWAY — For many cancer patients in western Maine, COVID-19 has compounded the financial impact they already face from a cancer diagnosis. Expenses associated with transportation and lodging related to their cancer treatment, as well as medical bills and co-pays, force them to make hard choices when it comes to purchases of food, household items […]
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James Richter: Keeping safe amid COVID is ‘patriotic duty’
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans died in a terrorist attack. On each of two days last week, over 3,000 Americans succumbed to COVID-19. In the last month the disease has killed about 50,000 Americans. It took almost nine years for 58,000 Americans to die in Vietnam. In the 41 months the United States […]
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Mt. Blue High School announces student honors
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll. Highest Honors Madison Allen, Warren Allen, James Archer, Lindsay Arsenault, Chloe Artis, Magnus Augustin, Brittany Bailey, Cole Baker, Scott Barber, Ashton Beaudoin, Ayden Beisaw, Lexi Belanger, Grace Bell, McKenzie Berry, Mason Biello, Levi Bogar, Luke Brown, Kellsie Buzzell, Elsie Campbell, Lucinda Carroll, Martha […]
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Community briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 15
Chicken pies to-go to replace annual supper WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris is planning a fundraiser to savor during what is typically the coldest time of the year. The church was not able to hold its annual chicken pie supper fundraiser, which has taken place the week before Thanksgiving for […]
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Rich Lowry: The glory of Trump’s judges
One of President Donald Trump’s foremost achievements has been to erect a formidable obstacle to his own post-election legal challenges. The federal judiciary, now seeded throughout with Trump-nominated judges, has given the back of its hand to pro-Trump election litigation, with Trump judges issuing notably harsh opinions. It’s always been strange that Trump, who will […]
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Robert Casimiro: Kudos for quick vaccine production, distribution
Vaccines for use against the COVID-19 virus are now being shipped, thanks to the efforts of President Trump and his initiative — Warp Speed — that put the program on an accelerated pace, resulting in Dec. 14’s announcement. This is a public/private partnership where drug companies were advanced $14 billion by the Trump administration to […]
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Joe Sirois: Grieving for ‘our broken country’
How sad I am about our broken country. We have a lying, despicable, self-absorbed man in the White House determined to destroy our democracy before he leaves office. He is assisted by sycophants and cowards in a political party that surely cannot long continue as a credible moral force. Meanwhile, Congress is totally ineffective and […]
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Cal Thomas: The wisdom of Walter Williams
The late Walter Williams was full of wisdom, which is one reason his economic and social philosophies were so widely ignored by elite economists and the major media who traffic only in information. Much of it arguably debatable, even untrue.