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.
Public Labor Day barbecue in Lewiston on Monday
Workers in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties are invited to attend free of charge.
L-A Bridge Run traffic advisory
AUBURN — Race three of the Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series will be held Sunday, Aug. 25, starting at the Rollerdrome, 12 Riverside Drive. The 5K run begins at 8:30 a.m. on Riverside Drive, where traffic delays are expected. Registration on race day is $25. The runners will cross Bernard Lown Peace Bridge into […]
This week’s agenda
Monday Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Jay: Elected official workshop, 6 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: […]
This week’s agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Livermore: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Select Board budget workshop, 6 p.m., Municipal Center. Regular Select Board meeting to follow. Farmington: […]
New Gloucester Community Fair is back after a five years
Music, food, vehicles, games and animals among the events for fairgoers Saturday
This week’s agenda
Monday Hebron: Select Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Select Board, sewer commitment, 3 p.m., Town Office Jay: Select Board, regular meeting, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: […]
Epstein suicide sparks fresh round of conspiracy theories
Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in a federal jail is sparking a fresh round of conspiracy theories online, and even from prominent officials, in a case that has long provided fuel for them.
Wet winter, hot summer damaging Maine’s fruit trees
Weather conditions so far in 2019 have damaged many of Maine’s fruit trees, but despite the damage one expert predicts the apple crop will come in just fine.
US military says service member killed in Iraq
The U.S. military says a U.S. service member has died in Iraq during a mission with Iraq’s security forces in the country’s north