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.”
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 inOp-Eds, Opinion
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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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.
Posted inOp-Eds
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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RSU 73 holding training resource fair Monday
The fair is for Pixelle Androscoggin Mill workers and the general public.
Posted inFranklin, News
17-year-old North Jay teen denies shooting older brother
Last week, prosecutors elevated the charge to elevated aggravated assault, the charge the juvenile would have faced if he was an adult.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
We shouldn’t need body bags to learn from Ohio’s train disaster
If the derailment in Ohio had led to a vapor explosion and people were killed, nobody would question doing whatever it takes to fix the problem at its root.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
American teens are unwell because American society is unwell
Preventing adverse experiences in childhood could reduce the number of adults with depression by as much as 44 percent, according to the CDC.
Posted inObituaries
Linda L. Burgess Barter
AUBURN — Linda L. Burgess Barter, 72, passed away on Feb. 9, 2023 at the Androscoggin Hospice House.
Posted inObituaries
Richard B. Skinner
AUBURN — Richard Brian Skinner, 86 and longtime resident of Auburn, passed away early Saturday morning Feb. 11, 2023, at The Hospice House in Auburn with family at his side.