In regard to high school sports and the pandemic. Let them play. They only get four seasons! Al Castagna, Turner
Judith Meyer
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.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Oxford Hills, River Valley, Schools & Education
Back to school an adjustment for teachers, students around state
Teachers and administrators are thinking outside the box, while students are making the best of learning amid a pandemic.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Krishan Verma: Sarah Gideon is ready to work
Most Mainers know how important our state’s natural resources are to our sense of self and to our economy. From our coastal fishing towns to our densely wooded state parks, the relationship Mainers have with the earth is part of what makes our state so special. After watching last week’s U.S. Senate debate, I know […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Robert Samuelson: Goodbye, readers, and good luck — you’ll need it
What 50 years of writing about economics has taught me.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Gary M. Rousseau: Please, work for ‘We the People”
I’m so angry at our government I just have to write this short but sweet letter. I keep watching the news and keep hearing that we will get another stimulus package and then hear that we’re not. The Republicans blame the Democrats, and the Democrats blame the Republicans. Well, let me educate you politicians, our […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Woodward rides again
The virus should never have been politicized. As many have noted it does not discriminate between political parties or candidates.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Don Mayberry: We can handle the truth
“Let us Play” is the slogan of high school athletes, their parents and coaches and I empathize with them (Sun Journal, Sept. 13). I was never an athlete during my school years, but my daughters were, and I saw the importance it played in their lives. With that said, while I have empathy, I do […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Uncategorized
Rich Lowry: Don’t expect our elites to learn from the Los Angeles horror
If the police are a racist occupying force, why not resist and harass them? Why not consider them all the same, and all equally guilty?
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn
Craven announces reelection bid for House seat
LEWISTON — Long-time Lewiston advocate Margaret Craven is running for reelection to House District 59. Lewiston voters first sent Craven to Augusta as a representative in 2002, and returned her five more times, for a total of four terms as representative and three terms as state senator between 2002 and the present, with one four-year […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
COVID is clobbering America’s farm workers
Hispanic communities appear to be particularly vulnerable. Workplaces and living conditions in which social distancing are difficult heighten the risks.