It is time for Jason Levesque, the mayor of Auburn, to resign. For over a year he has pushed and prodded the citizens of Auburn to accept his concept of total rezoning of our city. Thoughtful, considerate change is what people desire. The mayor has lost his constituency. Neighborhood disruption and threatening our water supply […]
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 inLetters, Opinion
Norm Gellatly: Could the DOJ put Trump out of commission?
Well, what do you know. The buffoon has reappeared on the scene to deliver startling news: the 2020 election was stolen. From this ridiculously stale and false declaration, I guess we are in for another battering of monotonous media coverage surrounding this dangerous imposter. With a lifelong inability to learn, grow, and nature, his rants […]
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business
Three solar energy companies challenge Mechanic Falls’ ordinance on annual inspections
The Town Council’s attorney advises it has legal authority for yearly checks.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Tabitha King: Laurel Libby has my vote
Whether a red state or blue, we need to be business-friendly. Just look around. Anyone seeing businesses that have closed over the past 2 1/2 years? I certainly do. Restaurants, clothing stores, hardware stores, and many more have all closed. If we are to keep our youth in Maine and prosper, Maine needs to be […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ivy Harding: Neil McLean is the right choice for district attorney
I am a lifelong Democrat who will be voting for Republican candidate Neil McLean for district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. This position can’t be driven by political views. It is dangerous to justice when it is politically motivated. The district attorney should honor the law above politics, value public safety over party […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Dare we hope?
The problem with progressives is that many have forgotten the need to fight for the long term. Consider that the right-wing battle to overturn Roe started almost 50 years ago and the battle to curb African-American voting rights took about as long. Yet progressives are disappointed because they turned out in record numbers in a single election two years ago and don’t yet have everything they wanted?
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Kate Harvey: So many people have forgotten where we came from
Regarding the July 26 column “Street Talk: Bad vibes in Lewiston, then and now,” my Irish family has been in Lewiston since before your paper was established and I’m here to set things straight. The disparaging rhetoric surrounding downtown Lewiston originated as anti-Irish sentiment and Francophobia, which was due to many factors but mainly xenophobia […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
In rebuttal: Dan Bilodeau: Happy to explain why I’m so involved
Mr. Roland Rancourt Jr. (“Auburn Water District wants facts? Here are some, Aug. 9) could benefit knowing that since 2004 my once 18-acre, now 16-acre, property on the North Auburn Road (not the West Auburn Road) is occupied by a two-family home where I raised my family. It is where I still live, also offering […]