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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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Photo: Auburn Fire Department responds to house fire on Coachman Avenue
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Go ahead, America. Give European companies billions.
Europe is leagues ahead of the U.S. in adopting carbon pricing, and there’s no shortage of European funding available. But accessing that money and getting planning permission must become less bureaucratic.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Jay select board accepts $5,000 matching gift from Pixelle Specialty Solutions
The offer, contained in a written letter of support, was made in light of this month’s closing of the Androscoggin Mill.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2023
A treaty to protect the world’s oceans enriches us all
We have a lot to thank the ocean for. It has also helped to mitigate climate change, absorbing 93% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases and about 30% of the carbon dioxide emitted by burning fossil fuels so far.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2023
The housing market will test parents — and kids
It’s a rite of passage for many parents in the spring — the kids are getting older, maybe starting kindergarten or moving up to middle or high school, and it’s time to move houses in order to access a better school. Except with the current state of the housing market, they may not be going […]
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PublishedMarch 7, 2023
Updated: CareerCenters, state labor team holding hiring event in Jay
The event is for Pixelle Androscoggin Mill workers and the general public.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2023
On beautiful country trails, fights over e-bikes can get ugly
Matt De Young, a mountain biker, finds it ironic that many of his fellow mountain bikers use the trail-degradation argument to oppose e-bike access to trails. For years, he said, mountain bikers were accused of “tearing up the landscape.”
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PublishedMarch 6, 2023
Can’t give employees raises? Add benefits.
By and large, it seems that more firms are adding benefits than slashing them. But for employers, this raises a challenge: how to stand out from the pack?
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
Jimmy Carter’s grace and vulnerability
Carter reminds us that the spirit requires care and concern. He reminds us that sometimes the spirit needs to take precedence.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before ’76
As a little-known Georgia governor, Carter announced in late 1974 that he’d seek the presidency. Atlanta’s largest newspaper answered with a mocking headline: “Jimmy Who?” National media mostly yawned.
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