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.
Froma Harrop: AOC has got to go
The vulgarity and cruelty of Trump and his MAGA movement are bound to wear thin. But the party’s woke left has proven itself a turnoff to voters and must be replaced.
Rich Hatch: Blame lack of role models and no societal standards
Shootings, both school and public, we’ve blamed them on guns and mental health issues, but what we haven’t addressed is the root cause. In many cases, an individual is being shunned, picked on and bullied until they “snap.” This scenario isn’t isolated to the schoolyard. For almost two decades, conservatives have been called “racists,” “sexist,” […]
William Phillips: No ethics policies for president elect
There’s a reason Trump isn’t signing ethics pledges during his transition. William Phillips, Auburn
Austin Bay: Big debt is a national security threat. Ask Ike
DOGE exists to Make America Stronger Now (MASN).
DA says no charges in Lisbon High School hazing incident
The Androscoggin County prosecutor said he sat down with students and their families multiple times, and that students described the incidents as ‘horseplay’ and ‘goofing around.’
Poland seeking bids on Ricker Memorial Library renovation project
This is the first major renovation to the library, which opened in October of 1963.
Bird flu is about to crash flu season. It could get ugly.
One very easy way to lower the chances of a genetic shuffling would be for everyone, but especially farm workers, to get vaccinated against seasonal flu.