I am really concerned that there isn’t enough housing available. More and more people are being left homeless. The lists for housing are way too long, and people come to believe that it won’t ever be their turn to have affordable housing. One reason I am worried is that I have a friend who has […]

I testified against LD 1619 on May 1. I got to the Maine State House at 9 a.m. and did not testify until 11 p.m. Here is my testimony: “I am the grandmother of identical twin girls who were born alive and well at 28 weeks old, and they are still alive and well 11 […]

This legislative session, I hope Maine creates a strong paid family and medical leave program. I have multiple chronic health conditions. One, called diastasis recti, makes me prone to hernias. I currently have two unfixed hernias, and one that was fixed in April 2022. It would have been a game changer if my family had […]

The Maine Legislature is considering a bill, LD 1156, that would — for the first time — put a Maine Trails Bond on the ballot to provide $30 million for the construction and maintenance of trails throughout Maine. We could really use this investment to boost outdoor recreation in the Lewiston area and fix up […]

Advocates for abortion call me anti-abortion. I am pro-life; here’s why. Before we are born, or conceived, we already have a God-given destiny, and all our days are written in a book. Isn’t it wonderful that we are known, even before being formed in our mother’s womb? Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, […]

White supremacist hate groups, alt-right and the far right are American terrorists — Nazi sympathizers pretending to be soldiers. White supremacists believe white people should have power over all other races — believe their way is the only way. They push their radical, racist agenda and perpetrate acts of violence against innocent Americans. Groups like […]

When I was 12, my parents purchased a small general store in Roxbury, and we moved to Maine. Shortly after our move my dad was diagnosed with cancer. Because my father was self-employed, he was unable to access paid leave and he found himself undergoing a series of intense medical procedures and appointments while running […]

In my view, among the words most alien to Donald Trump’s tongue are truth and disgrace. Truth Social is what the liar’s liar had the gall to dub his deservedly tanking social media platform. And, not a bit surprisingly, disgrace is the word he used to denounce a federal jury’s recent finding that he’s liable […]

I agree with Camden Jalbert (“Elected officials should be working to unite Lewiston-Auburn,” May 12). I myself have gone and enjoyed many of these events like the one he mentioned. Having been born in Lewiston and living all of my 69 years in Auburn, the cities of Lewiston and Auburn should come together as one; […]

What is happening in America and the rest of the world is beyond understanding. The use of drugs and guns are everyday occurrences. The age group committing many of these crimes are juveniles to late 20s. Some parents are too lenient when it comes to disciplining their kids. Schoolteachers fear for their lives, especially when […]