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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.

The Forecaster

Topsham Police chief to resign after 2 decades with department

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020

TOPSHAM — Police Chief Chris Lewis is resigning after 21 years with the department, effective July 17. “I am seeking a new opportunity which will also bring a fresh perspective to the Topsham Police Department,” Lewis said in an email Wednesday. He was unavailable that day for further comment, but said Detective William Collins would […]

The Forecaster

Police charge former Brunswick state senator after dog bites 2 people

by Alex Lear June 10, 2020June 12, 2020

BRUNSWICK — Police charged former state Sen. Stan Gerzofsky on June 6 for two offenses after his dog escaped his fenced-in backyard and bit two passersby on separate occasions. Gerzofsky’s 4-year-old German shepherd, who the Federal Street resident said was a “re-home” dog for which he had hired a trainer, managed to leap over the […]

Coastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Sifting History’s Sands: Desert of Maine owner seeks to separate truth from myth at Freeport landmark

by Alex Lear February 24, 2020February 3, 2021

FREEPORT — Legend has it that William Tuttle settled the farmland that is now the Desert of Maine in the late 18th century. Mela Heestand, co-owner of the Desert Road landmark since December 2018, doubts he ever existed. The Desert of Maine, which opens again next May, consists of a 20-30-acre “desert” of very fine […]