Maine’s covered bridges have become architectural treasures over the years, as fewer and fewer survive. Take a day, and a hike, to see one of the last remaining bridges.
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 inOut & About
Disc golf (otherwise known as frolf)
The mashup between golf and Frisbee has earned an enthusiastic following over the years, and disc golf destinations are popping up all over Maine. Here’s a directory: Beaver Brook Disc Golf Course 1 Wilson Pond Road, North Monmouth beaver-brook.com CR Farm Disc Golf 702 Lewiston Road, West Gardiner On Facebook LaVallee Links Disc Golf 85 […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Chandler Mill Pond is now the official name
Chandler Mill Pond is named for a late sawmill owner whose family still gives to the community.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Topsham town meeting to tackle budget, marijuana rules
Tax rate could increase from $18.73 per $1,000 of assessed value to $20.31.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Michael Healey: A personal note about my mom, the badass
A few years ago, I bought my mom a plane ticket and met her in Iceland as a Mother’s Day gift. I was living in the UK at the time, so the small piece of land in the middle of the North Atlantic was a “convenient” meeting place. In four days, we learned how to […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Perspective
Not like you and me
The scandal of the rich and famous cheating their children’s way into college caused a far greater stir than was justified by the number of people involved. Why? Maybe because the story is a vivid example of the widening gap between “elites” and the rest of us. Or perhaps the scandal resonates because our culture evermore stresses […]
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We have an obligation to become informed
Last week was the second week of Easter. The story of “doubting Thomas” challenges Christians to examine their own belief. Our pastor took that challenge a step further, asking not just do you believe, but, what do you believe? The question is intentionally unsettling and more difficult to answer. It is, moreover, not limited to […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Local News, News, The Franklin Journal
Bob Neal named editor of Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser
FARMINGTON — Bob Neal of New Sharon has been named the new editor of The Franklin Journal and the Livermore Falls Advertiser, which publish out of Sun Media Group’s office in Farmington. Neal, who has more than 30 years of journalism experience, is known locally for his farm, The Turkey Farm, where he raised turkeys […]
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Divided by religion; divided from religion
The vote in the Maine Senate on a bill to require all public school students to be vaccinated against a series of diseases may have revealed a hardening line between religious and non-religious Mainers. On Thursday, the Senate voted 18-17 to restore to the bill a religious exemption to the requirement. Four Democrats joined the 14 Republicans […]
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Local news about loss is painfully real
Jayce Holt, who was a lovely, kind and friendly little boy, died Wednesday in Rumford. The circumstances of his death are truly tragic, as are the circumstances of every fatality on our roads. Our reporting staff, myself included, have covered too many of these casualties over the years in our news reporting role. In many […]