On Nov. 9 the Auburn Planning Board held a public hearing regarding a proposal to expand rural residential strips by 300 feet, from 450 feet to 750 feet, along many Auburn roads. This would add 1,200 acres of strip development land to our so-called rural roads. Although the term “rural” is used, this would involve […]

Waiting to check out at a local auto parts store earlier this month, I heard another customer say that he’d just put together his will, in which he joked there was a clause, that any of his beneficiaries could vote for him in future elections, as long as they didn’t vote for a Democrat. The […]

I have lived in the greater Lewiston-Auburn area most of my life. My family owned a restaurant in Lisbon for 44 years. After our family business closed in 2012, I was hired at Bates. The college was good to me, and I was appreciative. I still am, but I have realized not everyone here is […]

Most scientists believe fossil fuel contributes to climate change. The world’s warmer now than before the industrial age. Meteorologist Hubert Lamb, a modern climatologist, believed CO2 levels alone couldn’t account for all global warming. Burning fossil fuels produces gases and extreme heat that’s warming the atmosphere. Some scientists believe thermal emissions from Earth’s interior contribute […]

State Rep. Randall Greenwood shows a selfish disregard for the hospital staff at St Mary’s Regional Medical Center. He did not get the vaccine that has been proven as a good deterrent to severe cases of COVID-19. Instead he felt he had the right to tax the already over-burdened ICU and other hospital staff for […]

At the Nov. 9 meeting of the Auburn Planning Board, a proposal for strip zoning was the center of testimony and discussion amongst the 60-plus community members in attendance and planning board members. Every single citizen who spoke, every single one, asked that the planning board refuse to recommend the zoning changes. After more than […]

I am an old man of nearly 90, but am so afraid of the society we now live in I have to vent. I am angry at the major food stores and large box stores such as Hannaford, Shaw’s, Walmart, BJ’s and others, because they are refusing to man enough registers with live people.  Yes, […]

Critical race theory teaches about who controls our law-making structure. This alone should show a need for CTR in our schools. And it also explains why Marc Thiessen (“The danger of critical race theory,” Nov. 14) and the Republicans do not want it there. How many teachers can say that our white culture has not […]

Do people remember the first time they got a paycheck? Do they remember their excitement as they opened the envelope? And then do they remember saying, “That’s all? That’s all I get for all that work?” Now, Sen. Susan Collins adds an insult to American workers. She recently said that programs in the Build Back […]

Who or what is Iandus? That name says it all. It is, literally, I and us. As you read this, editor, you are the I. As I write and read this, I am my I. You are part of my us, as I am part of yours. Whenever Iandus is evoked, it refers to every […]