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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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  • Published
    December 4, 2023

    A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued.

    Carriers and local officials say mail service has been disrupted in rural communities from Portland, Maine, to Washington state’s San Juan Islands.

  • Published
    November 27, 2023

    Jackie Kennedy has never left the White House

    Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s work at the White House has had an outsize and lasting effect on how restoration projects are chosen and paid for, how state dinners are staged and how visitors experience the White House. Every first family that followed has been influenced by her approach to decor and preservation.

  • Published
    November 26, 2023

    Carole Richards: Maybe the problem with too many guns is there’s too much hate

    Is the problem with mass shootings due to mental illness, or could it be the constant barrage of fear mongering that floods our airwaves and newspapers? Fear. Fear. Fear those who don’t practice your religion. Fear those from other countries. Fear those of a different skin color. The National Rifle Association has met it’s goal […]

  • Published
    November 26, 2023

    Marc Gosselin: Are heat pumps really the answer?

    So … getting heat pumps is the answer. Right? Do we have infrastructure to do this and all the proposed electric cars envisioned? Fifty years ago we had 60 amp service entrances with glass fuses. Twenty years ago we had 100 amp entrances with breakers. Now we have to have 200 amp breaker boxes. With […]

  • Published
    November 26, 2023

    Scott Harriman: Let’s return Carl Sheline to the mayor’s office

    I urge people to join me in voting for Mayor Carl Sheline in the mayoral runoff election. Lewiston voters spoke loudly and decisively a few weeks ago by unseating three members of the City Council who frequently clashed with Sheline during the last term. Sheline’s opponent in this runoff campaigned alongside those ousted councilors and […]

  • Published
    November 26, 2023

    Jody Jalbert: Supporting strong communities through our local journalism

    We produce our journalism in service to our communities, knowing that informed communities are stronger communities and that informed conversations bring context to complex issues and help people make good decisions. 

  • Published
    November 26, 2023

    Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Nov. 26

  • Published
    November 26, 2023

    Froma Harrop: Mothers who work remotely are not ‘Mommies’

    If the stress is really rooted in the lack of child care, that is a matter for public policy. And if the unfairness is that both mother and father have jobs, but the woman ends up doing most of the cleaning and child care, that’s something to be ironed out between the two of them.

  • Published
    November 25, 2023

    Megan Parks: Sheline demonstrates collaboration and engagement

    In these divisive times, functional collaboration among elected officials is more important than ever. As chairperson of the Lewiston School Committee, I have experienced firsthand how a lack of collaboration and communication between the mayor, City Council, and School Committee can negatively impact our functioning on the school side. This is often apparent during budget […]

  • Published
    November 25, 2023

    Elizabeth Eames: Lewiston must reelect Mayor Carl Sheline

    After the recent electoral sweep, Lewiston can anticipate the return of our City Council to a modicum of sanity. As Ward 3 School Committee representative, however, I do worry that such ugliness might migrate to the schools. After all, it has done so in other localities, near and far. Nominating the City Council representative to […]