The three-day bike ride will start Friday in Brunswick and end there Sunday, with stops in Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville.
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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This week’s agenda
Monday Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Select Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Select Board, 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 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Where to vote Tuesday in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties
Election Day is Tuesday, June 11. Polling places in some cities and towns open as early as 6 a.m. All polling places will close at 8 p.m. Here are the times and locations for voting in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties: Andover: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Hall Auburn: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]
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Help the poor? Get government out of the way
Who are the poor? I would define the poor as those who must take a disproportionate part of their regular income – wages, food stamps (SNAP), financial assistance (TANF), etc. – to purchase basic necessities for their families. Basic necessities would be defined as food, housing and transportation. Politicians love to talk, especially in print […]
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New Gloucester to elect two selectmen, three school board members
Stephen Hathorne, George Colby, Peter Bragdon and Tammy Donovan are vying for the Board of Selectmen.
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Traffic advisory for Sunday Fit Fest
AUBURN — The YMCA Fit Fest, the first of this year’s Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K series, will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at Court and Main streets. The flat, fast race course, which is USA Track & Field certified, will take runners across Longley Memorial Bridge into Lewiston, right onto Canal Street, right onto […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Livermore: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectboard, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Conservation […]
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Pre-election choices are stark. Clear
Although we are 18 months away from the next general election, there have been many new ideas and philosophies that have been proposed. Let us compare them with the results of the Trump administration to date, for you to determine which appeals to you. First, let’s examine the proposed “New Green Deal” which would do […]
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Oxford County Criminal Court
Edward M. Palomba, 33, Peabody, Massachusetts, OUI (alcohol), motor vehicle speeding: 30-plus mph over speed limit on July 4, 2018 first charge, dismissed; second charge, found guilty, fined $400. Eben D. Moss, 34, Prospect Harbor, criminal mischief, obstructing report of crime, violating condition of release on July 11, 2018, first two charges, found guilty, sentenced […]
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Plans for former Tee Em Up driving range in Gray uncertain
GRAY — While an acre of the former Tee Em Up driving range will soon be home to a new business, the fate of the rest of the property is uncertain. Since the driving range closed in 2014, Tee Em Up Inc. has been searching for an alternative use for the 38-acre property at 45 […]