It has been a while since your paper highlighted the significance of social-emotional learning to students and educators in our community. In your article “Feelings matter,” published in December 2020, you spoke with me and other educators leading the movement to promote the impact that social skills and emotional intelligence has on our attention memory […]

Earlier, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque was characterized as producer/director of a poorly received theatrical play surrounding the city’s application of a form-based development code. Apparently, the play has been taken backstage. In the meantime, the mayor continues to reveal his interests in managing and participating in games. During his tenure, he has appeared to enjoy […]

Since November 2019 we have heard lies repeated by the former president, many Republicans, Fox News and other right wing sources that the election was stolen and rigged, and that votes were altered by Dominion voting machines. Recently Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox, admitted that many of his talk shows knew what they said on […]

It is our time. Seniors, residents and citizens of Lewiston have been volunteering and supporting all kinds of fundraisers for years as we aged. We have paid our taxes faithfully. It is our time to get support from residents and our community for senior housing at Martel School. The Lewiston City Council plans to vote […]

Many years ago my aunt in Los Angeles had a yellow 240Z. She was proud of it, and proud that she took the initiative to buy it, independently of my uncle. Unfortunately, nobody ever told her, or she forgot, that she had to change the oil. After about 15,000 miles, the oil pressure light came […]

I write in support of Mayor Carl Sheline. I am relatively new to Lewiston, having lived here for one year. We moved here last January from Florida. Since arriving here I have been so impressed with Mayor Sheline. He is so committed to making Lewiston a better, safer place for all of our citizens. He […]

I understand that the Franco Center is changing its name to Riverfront Performing Arts & Events. If that is the case, I am deeply offended. And whoever is making this decision should be removed from their position. I am a Lewiston native who spoke only French growing up, and which eventually led to my living […]

The majority of the Lewiston City Council has, once again, shown that they are more concerned with punishing those who disagree with them than with actually governing. Their Feb. 21 censure of Mayor Carl Sheline for something that was never even done was nothing more than flexing their political muscle to try to show that […]

Desperation causes desperate people to do desperate things. There are millions of desperate people worldwide who are looking for a new place to call home. Never mind the desperate people within our own borders who do desperate things just to survive. Hopelessness that leads to recklessness that leads to cessation of effort is a cancer […]

I’m confused. I don’t understand why the current abortion law in Maine is not sufficient, but needs to be expanded to allow abortion to occur at anytime during pregnancy, with a doctor’s approval, up to and including birth. Abortion in Maine is currently available on demand anytime without a medical reason until a baby reaches […]