More than 16,000 residents of Auburn, plus many thousands more in Lewiston and elsewhere, are at risk of having their clean Lake Auburn water impacted by the proposals of Auburn’s mayor, Jason Levesque, the City Council, and the Planning Board. Balance that against the few dozen rentals and housing units that could be built. The […]
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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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Ronald Lebel: Why I oppose Mayor Levesque’s efforts to develop in the Lake Auburn watershed
What expert qualifications does Mayor Jason Levesque bring to this issue? He has no engineering or legal expertise, is not a scientist and knows nothing about operating public drinking water supplies. Why are his opinions entitled to any greater weight than ours?
Posted inElection 2022, Maine, Politics
State mailing seeks to confirm voter eligibility
Registered voters who did not vote in the past two federal elections have 20 days to verify address.
Posted inBethel, Local News, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel voters approve 6.4% increase in municipal budget
According to Town Manager Loretta Powers, just over 40 people attended the meeting and there was very little conversation as the articles were approved.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford County Emergency Management Agency to move into new space
Renovations to the small house are expected to be minor, and include replacing flooring and painting interior walls, as well as an electrical upgrade, the cost for all of which is contained in the county’s current budget.
Posted inNation / World, News, Oxford Hills
Paris man faces 4 criminal charges in connection with attack on Capitol
In all, the FBI included eight images of Todd Tilley outside and inside the Capitol building, along with a video showing “Tilley joining with the crowd in shouting, ‘Stop the steal,'” in an affidavit used to obtain an arrest warrant.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Leeds Dems to meet next Monday
LEEDS — Democrats in Leeds will hold an organization meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 27, at the Town Office, lower level. The group will vote for officers and committee bylaws. All Leeds Democrats are invited to join the committee.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Generation Z is getting a harsh lesson in stock risk
With a plummeting stock market, rising prices and interest rates that are still too low to curb inflation, it’s hard to tell investors where to turn. No one can afford to sit out risk. That some people are finding themselves in a bear market saddled with overly risky portfolios suggests we need better financial literacy to explain the role of risk in investing — not classes where celebrities promote Bitcoin.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Watergate: After a half century, the scandal still reverberates
Before the House could vote on impeachment articles, some Republican Congressional leaders met with President Richard Nixon, and told him bluntly that if a trial took place in the Senate, approximately 80 senators — 13 votes above the 67 required — would vote to convict. Faced with these odds, Nixon resigned from the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974.