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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PublishedJune 5, 2023
Washington worried about Sackler drug tactics years before opioids
The Sackler family is immune from being sued by anyone else whose life was devastated by the drugs they got filthy rich from. But they aren’t immune from the continued public scorn that we could — and should — offer them.
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PublishedJune 5, 2023
AI robots can’t clean our plastic-plagued oceans alone
Seemingly overnight, we’ve ended up coexisting with artificial intelligence. It’s making spoof photos of the pope, scaring the stock market with fake explosions and helping us with our emotional issues. But some are wondering whether there are better uses for the technology: Though intended to be funny, that tweet raises an interesting question: Could AI […]
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PublishedJune 2, 2023
Oxford County Criminal Court
Zachary L. Lerette, 22, New Gloucester, unlawful use of migratory game birds-hunt on Oct. 22, 2022, found guilty, fined $100. Austin J. Laliberty, 21, Gray, unlawful use of migratory game-birds-hunt on Oct. 22, 2022, found guilty, fined $100. Zachary T. Diaz, 40, Rumford, violating condition of release on Dec. 30, 2022, found guilty, sentenced to […]
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PublishedJune 1, 2023
Oxford County Criminal Court
Travis J. Guilbault, 27, Porter, domestic violence assault, domestic violence criminal threatening and reckless conduct on May 16, 2022, first charge dismissed; second charge dismissed; third charge found guilty, fined $500. Ricky B. Verrill, 31, Porter, operating vehicle without license-conditions/restrictions on March 27, 2022, dismissed. Drew R. Schwierzke, 19, East Baldwin, assault on an officer […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Orcas are trying to tell us something. Can we hear it?
While captive orcas have killed a handful of people, almost no one has been killed by whales in the wild. One may have involved an orca mistaking a person for a seal, its natural prey. So why are they targeting the sailboats now?
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
When delivery costs more than the food you ordered
There is no question that the food delivery market is here to stay. Sure, we’ll gripe, but we’ve become a society that is hooked on convenience — and such is the cost of convenience.
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PublishedMay 26, 2023
Oxford County criminal court
Anthony J. Mathieu, 55, Casco, three counts violating condition of release on Aug. 22, 2021, first charge dismissed; second charge found guilty, sentenced to 24 hours; third charge found guilty, sentenced to 24 hours. Anthony Mathieu, 55, Casco, domestic violence terrorizing on Aug. 21, 2021, found guilty, sentenced to 180 days with all suspended, probation […]
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
What food expiration dates really mean — and when to ignore them
“Your freezer is like a magic pause button,” Dana Gunders said, allowing food to retain its flavor and last much longer than normal.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Meet the Red Bike Guy who in a viral video heckled white nationalists
Joe Flood said he has lived in D.C. for 30 years and has felt more protective of the city since the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
A fulfilling job is a luxury of modern times
The growing interest in cultivating job satisfaction dovetailed with a larger cultural shift toward individual self-fulfillment that reached new levels by the 1960s and 1970s. A job, like an unhappy marriage, should be abandoned if it no longer met a person’s emotional needs.
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