Santa will be in Auburn on Dec. 1 and in Lewiston on Dec. 2 to light Christmas trees and welcome in the holiday season.
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 inNews, Schools & Education
RSU 16 officials hold public hearing on future of elementary schools
More than 100 people from Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland attended a public hearing Tuesday night at Poland Regional High School.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine Public to air “Love Lewiston – A Maine Calling Special” Friday
The program will air on Maine Public Television and Maine Public Radio at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Clem Bechard: Can’t go along with the ‘blame the gun’ argument
Here we go again with a mass shooting and we blame the guns. When we all read that police stopped looking for him before the shootings, they dropped the ball and now people blame the gun. The criminal will always find a way to get a gun. The only ones who will be unarmed will […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Where’s the United Nations in all this? Oh, right, nowhere.
In times of crisis such as now, the General Assembly and Security Council turn into a Babel in which everybody distrusts everybody else and finding common words becomes impossible.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Cal Brown: Thanks to law enforcement, and everyone who stepped up
It’s mighty easy to Monday morning quarterback and find issues that might have been handled better. It’s also easy to criticize as it makes for many conspiracy theories and good press. With a mass shooter of 31 people on the loose and so many possibilities of where he was and what he was up to […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Paul Baribault: Time for change, in this season of our state’s sadness
My neighborhood overlooks the site of the second shooting on Oct. 25 at Schemengees Bar & Grille. It’s about a four minute walk away. I never believed this sort of thing could or would happen in Maine. And I hope where Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and our other New England neighbors are concerned this may […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Elizabeth Sandefer: We must not rest. We must not accept.
We are exasperated. We are worried. Our throats are raw and our eyes puffy. Our arms ache from holding our children tightly, or from yearning to. Together, we have broken open a limitless capacity for mourning with our communities. And now we mourn with our hometown. Lewiston, Maine. Together, we have churned through the stages […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Lou Giard: ‘We deserve better than what is going on now’
What we need now is a total ban on assault weapons. Period. They only belong in the hands of the military and law enforcement. These guns have nothing to do with our right to defend ourselves or hunt. We know the difference. Any politician who is against gun regulation laws really doesn’t care for our […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Patricia Bernard: It’s scary what is going on in this country and the world
It was moving to see the prayer vigil at the Basilica. Not only did we come together to help Lewiston and surrounding areas heal, it showed the brilliance of our founding fathers when they included religious freedom in our Constitution. I can’t believe what is going on in this world and in this country. Hamas attacked […]