Tuesday Bethel: Selectmen workshop, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 10 a.m., county building Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford […]
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.
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Sun Journal wins Publick Occurrences Award
Staff reporting on crime rates and racial tensions in Lewiston was recognized by the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
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UMF professor awarded prestigious national award
FARMINGTON — Dr. David Gibson, professor of geology at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been awarded the prestigious Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for 2019 by the Geosciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The award was presented at the Geological Society of America national conference last month. The annual award is given […]
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College planning workshops scheduled in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free college planning workshops next month in Lewiston. The workshops, titled Essentials of College Planning, will be held: • FedCap-Lewiston, 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 1035 Lisbon St. • Lewiston Career Center, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 8, 5 Mollison Way. • Lewiston-UMA, […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Bethel: Select Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Board of Assessors, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Livermore: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Select Board workshop, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Public hearing on proposed amendments to the General […]
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Auburn library to host City Council candidates forum
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library will host a meet and greet for Auburn City Council candidates from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Androscoggin Community Room. There are 14 candidates running for the council, all of whom have been invited to attend or send a representative. Each candidate will each […]
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Marcotte announces re-election bid for Lewiston council
LEWISTON — Lewiston native Michael Marcotte has announced his candidacy for re-election to Lewiston’s Ward 7 City Council seat. “These past two years have been exhilarating. I had the opportunity to address many issues that have and will continue to have great impact for the residents of Ward 7,” he said in a written statement. […]
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No hate, just facts
In an old crime series called “Dragnet,” Detective Joe Friday always said, “Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts.” Let us try and do that as we analyze our current political choices in the runup to our next general election. Let us also try to get beyond the personal hate of the key players — […]
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Discrimination claim against St. Mary’s hospital has been resolved
A former employee was discriminated against because of her disability and her medical records were breached, according to a formal complaint.
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This week’s agenda
Monday Peru: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 10 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 Operations Committee, 5 p.m., Chef’s Table, Mt. Blue Campus Farmington: RSU 9 Personnel and Finance Committee, 6 p.m., Chef’s Table, Mt. Blue Campus Farmington; RSU 9 Educational Policy Committee, […]