Judith Meyer

Sun Journal

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.

Latest

Published
July 11, 2019

It’s just easier for the Mechanic Falls Council to ignore rules

Mechanic Falls Town Manager Zakk Maher either has already been fired or will most certainly be fired. It’s tough to really know what his status is because municipal and state rules have not been — and are not being — followed. It’s like the Town Council views rules set forth in its own charter and […]
Published
July 5, 2019

Downtown Norway will be a stage for music, arts July 11-13

NORWAY — The downtown will be the setting for three days of activities built around the Norway Music and Arts Festival, July 11 to 13. On July 11, the second annual Norway Fringe Showcase will be held at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Concert Hall at 479 Main St. It’s designed to provide space […]
Published
July 1, 2019

This week’s agenda

Monday Bethel: Select Board, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Public hearing on special amusement ordinance complaint, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 10 a.m., county building Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., […]
Published
June 30, 2019

Pretending it’s not an invasion

In a previous column I referred to the hidden migrant camps in remote locations in Panama that are funneling middle easterners and other migrants through Costa Rica and on northward to the U.S. border. It is referred to as “controlled flow.” What has been happening in recent weeks has suddenly highlighted the clearly organized criminal […]
Published
June 28, 2019

Forest Service settles harvesting violations in Oxford and Franklin counties

LEWISTON — The Maine Forest Service has entered into an administrative settlement agreement with David Roy, owner of Roy’s Logging of Auburn, according to a news statement. The settlement resolves a violation of the state’s Forest Practices Act on land harvested in Hartford. There, according to the Forest Service, timber was harvested without a harvest […]
Published
June 24, 2019

Mechanic Falls town clerk escorted from Municipal Building

Miranda Hinkley of Otisfield resigned Thursday and planned to work her two-week notice.
Published
June 23, 2019

This week’s agenda

Monday Dixfield: Select Board, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Jay: Special town meeting and Select Board, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Paris: Select Board 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., […]
Published
June 23, 2019

NYPD sorry for ’69 raid at now-landmark Stonewall gay bar

The apology comes just weeks ahead of the milestone anniversary of the raid and the rebellion it sparked.
Published
June 23, 2019

Pride parade, festival in L-A next weekend

Pride L-A Maine will host a parade and festival on Saturday, June 29, at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The parade begins at 11 a.m. at the park, marching across the Longley Bridge and ending at Festival Plaza in Auburn. The festival at Simard-Payne will go from noon to 4 p.m. FMI, go to: allevents.in/lewiston/stronger-together-2019-pride-l-a-maine-march-and-festival
Published
June 23, 2019

She talked about her stalker to a true crime podcast. Here’s why that was healing

In 1996, just before my freshman year of high school in Chandler, Arizona, I went to check the mail one day and found a package addressed to me. Eagerly, I opened the large manila envelope and pulled out its contents, thinking it held good news about the cheerleading squad I’d just auditioned for. Instead, at […]

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