According to Assistant Attorney General Lisa Bogue, Averill’s daughter — Harper Averill — died after suffering a fractured skull and other severe injuries indicative of being violently shaken.
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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9/11 remembrance ceremonies set for Saturday
AUBURN — The Auburn Fire Department will hold its 20th anniversary 9/11 remembrance ceremony starting at 8:40 a.m. at Central Station, 550 Minot Ave., with a welcome and opening remarks by Chief Robert Chase. The event will be livestreamed on the city of Auburn’s Facebook page. At 8:46 a.m. — the time the first tower […]
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The filibuster has long hurt American workers
The filibuster spelled the downfall of the 1977 Labor Law Reform Act, a bill that would have sped up the union recognition process and imposed stricter penalties on employers who interfered with — or retaliated against — workers attempting to unionize.
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At odds with boss, some Biden aides privately alarmed as millions of workers head over jobless benefits cliff
Anticipating a backlash to the program’s expiration, the Biden administration two weeks ago said states could on their own extend the jobless benefits using leftover state aid from Biden’s stimulus bill in March. Not a single state appears likely to do so, at least as of Friday. As a result, roughly 10 million people are set to lose some unemployment benefits today, including 7 million people who will lose all benefits.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Androscoggin County Dems will caucus to elect District 1 commissioner
Only those Democrats who are registered to vote in District 1 are eligible to vote in this caucus.
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She hopes to change what people think an astronaut looks like
Whatever image a person conjures, it probably doesn’t match the one that a quick downward scroll of the page reveals. The photos of Lisa Alcindor show a young, striking Black woman whose long lashes reach toward the front of that helmet when she has it on.
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Behavioral economics doesn’t have to be a total loss
Generally, the idea we could nudge people to make better choices by exploiting their behavioral biases was always oversold. It’s hard to persuade people to do something they don’t want to do, especially when you don’t fully understand their unique motives. And if data isn’t presented clearly and honestly, attempts to nudge people can be self-defeating when they don’t trust you.
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The Kabul airport attack should have brought Americans together
Republicans ask voters to believe that Trump would have executed the policy more effectively, Democrats that it was in fact well executed under the circumstances. The claims are equally ridiculous, but so what? Political advantage is at stake. At a time like this, denouncing the enemy — fellow Americans — is all that matters.
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How schools are dealing with COVID-19 safety
School has started and the Sun Journal rounds up pandemic measures: In-school or remote learning, testing and links to district website for more information.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Don Prince: Libby is declaring war on my daughter
So, Rep. Laurel Libby was going to leave the state if a certain measure was passed. It passed and she stayed. Hmmm. Now she says requiring masks and vaccinations “is war.” As far as I’m concerned, she is declaring war on my daughter. My daughter had a heart transplant and takes daily anti-rejection medicine to […]