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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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Deanne Danforth: Trump and Project 2025
It’s common knowledge that Donald Trump’s a compulsive liar. He mixes fact and fiction about events and self aggrandizes. Knowing Trump’s lied thousands of times, do people believe his claim of no connection to Project 2025? The Heritage Foundation organized Project 2025, in which Trump is named over 300 times. His campaign advisor Stephen Moore […]
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Joan Macri: Sheats applies her building skills to legislation
Whenever I see one of Maine’s stone walls, I think of Bettyann Sheats, candidate for Maine State Senate. Bettyann has constructed many such walls in her garden. These walls, so admired by Mainers, are an apt metaphor for the work she would do in Augusta. Dry stack stone walls are constructed of rocks selected to […]
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Don Mayberry: Beal offers dedication, hard work to House District 81
I would like to offer thanks to my friend, state Rep. Sawin Millett, for his many years of service to our community. Agreeing with his positions or not, I always appreciated Sawin as a dedicated community servant with our best interest at heart. As we seek a replacement who will offer their dedication, best thoughts […]
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Lou Giard: ‘Let’s preserve our right to vote’
Let’s preserve our right to vote (our true democracy). We have to back up our words with action. We need to choose a leader who is healthy and really cares for the future of all people. We need a leader who has the ability to unite people for the greater good of all people. People […]
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Cal Thomas: VP Harris visits the ‘BINO’
Let’s coin a new acronym that perfectly describes the line that is supposed to separate the U.S. from Mexico. Call it a BINO – border in name only – for that is what it is.
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Froma Harrop: Bottom line on the border: It’s already orderly
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would tighten the border further, adding 1,500 Border Patrol agents, 4,300 asylum officers and 100 immigration judges. A shortage of such authorities enabled much of the mess. And she vows as president to sign that serious immigration bill.
