In the decade prior to World War II, the organization that claimed the international mantle of virtue, The League of Nations, was plainly aware of, yet studiously ignored, the facts of Germany’s re-armament in violation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (ending World War I). Winston Churchill warned in the 1930s of what […]
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 inBethel, Franklin, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week’s regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Social Services Committee, 3:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Conservation Committee, 4 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Rec Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Watchdog press bites back to protect access
Maine’s State House Facilities Committee, which oversees operation of the State House complex, voted Wednesday to recommend that the doors to the State House be locked and inaccessible to the press after hours, unless a scheduled meeting is underway or unless a reporter phones to request special permission to enter. The explanation was that public […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Durham’s ‘Mini Mao’ powers her way through life
DURHAM — Mahlia Schneck’s life changed in 2015 when she moved to Durham from Connecticut after her father landed a job in Portland. She started playing sled hockey, despite never setting foot on the ice before. Schneck now plays for the New England Warriors, a program that is a chapter of the USA Warriors. It consists of […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Are you offended? Well, are you?
How do you feel about seeing so many of the liberal persuasion becoming offended about many ridiculous issues as well as elements of our history? It seems having an opposing viewpoint on issues is very difficult for these individuals to deal with. It must be due to the liberal combination of a supposed virtuous outlook […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Welcome to politics, Yogi
Athletes seldom grab more fame for their words than for their sporting feats, except Yogi Berra. “It’s deja vu all over again,” the late Yankees (boo!) catcher said. This quip by Berra, who died in 2015, previews the 2020 campaign for president. We can look back to 2016 for an idea of how President Trump […]
Posted inLocal News, Rumford Falls Times
Oxford County Superior Court
Robert C. Raftice, 32, Lewiston, gross sexual assault on Sept. 5, 2006, probation violation, sentenced to eight years with all but one year suspended, probation 12 years, restitution $300. Joseph R. Arbour, formerly known as Cox, 33, Mercer, forgery, theft by deception, priors on Jan. 9, 2011, both charges, probation violation, sentenced to 649 days, […]
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Lorrain announces candidacy for Norway selectman
NORWAY — Ryan Lorrain has announced his candidacy for a a three-year term on the Norway Board of Selectmen. A lifelong resident of the Oxford Hills area with past experience in state and municipal government, Lorrain was first elected to the Paris Selectboard in 2011 and re-elected in 2014. He served four years as a […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectboard, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Public hearing on municipal budget, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Road Committee, 4 p.m., […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Trump is part of a worldwide populist assault on central banks
Around the democratic world, there is a power struggle taking place that might end up being the most damaging and long-lasting consequence of this era of populism. Elected leaders — from President Trump to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan to India’s Narendra Modi — have been steadily attacking the independence of their nations’ central banks. This […]