Nonwhite voters were seen being intimidated at voting locations Tuesday in Trenton and South Portland.
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.
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Laurel Libby beats Dan Campbell for Maine House seat by 171 votes
Libby, a major fundraiser for the Republican Party, will retain her seat representing part of Auburn and Minot for a third term.
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Oxford Hills school locked down Tuesday morning after receiving threatening calls
According to SAD 17 Superintendent Heather Manchester, the threat turned out to be an incident of ‘swatting,’ which is when someone makes a false report of a threat to get police to respond to a specific location.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
US election chaos would endanger the whole world
The world risks facing a vacuum in the coming months and years, no matter what the ballot count says this week — a vacuum not so much of power, as of truth, reason and ambition.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Austin Bay: National security considerations demand exceptions be made
Free trade? I’m all for free and fair trade. But national security comes first.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: A time for choosing (again)
Government doesn’t solve many problems, or as former President Ronald Reagan often said, “government is the problem.”
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: Is Donald Trump a fascist at heart? Close enough
We need leaders who are willing to hold themselves accountable to the people over whom they govern instead of looking only for avenues through which they can dodge accountability.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
George Fogg: Ammo, by itself, is not the problem
In response to the writer who complained about free ammo (“Ammo giveaway shouldn’t still be on website,” Oct. 23), perhaps she needs to relearn her history. The founding of this nation was due to the war against the English, and we used ammo to great advantage. The civil war that freed the slaves used ammo […]
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Gretchen Johnson: Grief isn’t a journey to be navigated alone
Everyone in Maine can likely recall not only the devastation of the shootings in Lewiston, but also the unhesitating support and unity in its aftermath. One year has passed, but the losses remain raw for many and the need for support continues. November is National Children’s Grief Awareness Month — a particularly apt time to […]