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Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.

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  • Published
    May 31, 2020

    Not even the punctuation

    It was almost 40 years ago I learned a couple exceedingly difficult and expensive lessons about our legal system. I had always been taught that people were required to tell the truth in court and legal proceedings. I expected that. Then I learned that lawyers, at least some of them, define the truth as: “Whatever […]

  • Published
    May 25, 2020

    Rediscovering America: A quiz for Memorial Day

    Observed annually on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is set aside to honor the men and women who have died in service to our country. While Memorial Day didn’t become an official national holiday until 1971, its origins begin with the Civil War. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, […]

  • Published
    May 25, 2020

    This Memorial Day, COVID-19 will force us to stay home; maybe that’s a good thing

    Dust off your water skis because summer has begun! Clean your grills for fresh burgers and dogs — the neighbors are coming over! Get down to the stores for the big sales for new cars, furniture and TVs! Put on your Uncle Sam hat and wave your mini flag — the parade is about to […]

  • Published
    May 25, 2020

    Memorial Day is not for sale

    Scenes of GIs mooning for their girls back home, baseball, hot dogs and Mom’s apple pie were a staple of Hollywood movies about World War II. But those scenes never rang true with any of the WWII combat vets I’ve talked to. What they recall obsessing over was the misery around them: the weather, the […]

  • Published
    May 25, 2020

    Share of women in military didn’t grow much over 14 years, study finds

    WASHINGTON — The share of female troops in the U.S. military increased only slightly over 14 years, consistently representing less than a fifth of service members, and women remain more likely to leave the military than male troops, a government watchdog report shows. Women cited an array of challenges in deciding to end military careers […]

  • Published
    May 20, 2020

    Fryeburg police chief on paid administrative leave

    Town manager says it was effective Monday.

  • Published
    May 18, 2020

    Memorial Day parade in Bethel is canceled

    BETHEL — The American Legion Post 81 has canceled this year’s Memorial Day observance ceremony set for Monday, May 25, on the Town Common.

  • Published
    May 18, 2020

    Masks are here to stay — and they’re quickly becoming a way to express ourselves

    There may be no other piece of clothing that has had a trajectory like face masks — something that began as purely protective transforming into a fashion statement in no time at all.

  • Published
    May 18, 2020

    True freedom-lovers wear face masks

    Mask requirements are an awful lot less freedom-restricting than orders to stay at home or keep all “nonessential” businesses shuttered, and letting one’s views be defined by opposition to anything the mainstream media says is not free thought.

  • Published
    May 18, 2020

    We could stop the pandemic by July 4 if the government took these steps:

    Our plan also recognizes that rural towns in Montana should not necessarily have to shut down the way New York City has. To pull off this balancing act, the country should be divided into red, yellow and green zones.