The constant reports of violence in Lewiston are getting tiresome. If it’s being caused by teens, it’s time to look at the work rules for them. When my son was a teen, all they needed was a work permit from the school indicating he was a good student. He worked the hours his employer needed, […]

Well, here we are on the other side of the 2024 election, and as the air clears we are able to see the ruin and destruction of a hard-fought battle for our democracy. A few of the original Republican Party are standing, trying to save themselves and their beliefs. Those off in the distance have […]

While I was saddened to read in the Sun Journal last week that Bon Vivant had closed its doors, I know that it was not a failure. I was one of the founders of Sonder & Dram, the bar at the end of Ash Street in Lewiston. It was risky to open Sonder & Dram, […]

The California wildfires remind me that large fires are possible in Maine. In the ’70s and ’80s a spruce-budworm outbreak killed millions of trees. Salvage efforts caused a clear-cutting controversy, but removed fuel from the North Woods. The only significant fire occurred in Baxter State Park, where “forever wild” management increased fire risk. Spruce budworm […]

The saying use to be “The way Maine goes, so goes the nation.” That’s no longer true, or Kamala Harris would be the elected president instead of Donald Trump. How long will we remain a federated national democratic republic while being lead by a self-proclaimed dictator the Supreme Court has placed above the law? Trump […]

I write in support of Mark Wood’s letter published Dec. 19 calling out the Sun Journal for the incredibly offensive political cartoon that it chose to print comparing President Trump to Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin, among others. By choosing to put him in with the worst of the worst Time People of […]

I’m writing to expose the flaws within the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave law as well as the untruths being spread by the Legislature to sway public opinion in favor of it. Despite what people have been told, this tax will in most cases be borne entirely by the employee. Sen. Mattie Daughtry and […]

Again, the Moody Blues’ music tells the tale. “How can we understand riots by the people for the people who are only destroying themselves? And when you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people who are scorching this earth … don’t tell me I’m just a singer in a rock ‘n’ roll […]

I am glad the in-process statue of Muhammad Ali, eventually to be situated next to Mill No. 5 , is being purposely altered. As the Dec. 27 Sun Journal edition reported, the pose was to have been the rather famous one during the knockdown of Sonny Liston in their May 1965 bout. To update myself […]

As we enter 2025, Republicans claim they have a mandate because they control the federal government. Is it really a mandate when the difference in the vote between the two candidates in the presidential election was just over 1%, and their candidate got less than 50% of the vote? They control the House by the […]