It must be abundantly clear to the proponents of the name change for the Franco American Heritage Center that the change to Riverfront will not succeed. The resistance to this change is overwhelmingly united in its opposition, which is well placed. The Franco Center has been a living monument to Lewiston-Auburn’s proud French heritage. The […]

In 2022, University of California at Berkeley got hundreds of FOX News and CNN viewers to participate in a study examining the effects of viewing Fox News programming on a regular basis. FOX’s fake, phony news makes its viewers less informed about science, social issues and politics than those who watch no news at all. […]

I wonder how select members of the Franco American Heritage Center board would feel if their family had a vision. A vision of creating a business, whether it be a market, bottle redemption and beverage warehouse or laundromat. Their family worked tirelessly to raise money to build this business and spent years making it better […]

In these times of sensitivity to matters of identity and culture, how can it be that the ultra-generic name “Riverfront” honors the meaning and significance of the gifts Franco Americans have given to Lewiston and the wider world better than “The Franco Center” does? While it has been argued that names are not important, anyone […]

I write in reply to a letter by John Neal of Greene (“Our Power initiative deserves Mainers’ support,” March 11). John’s letter condemns Central Maine Power for its recent “egregious and painful” rate hike. I feel it is necessary to disagree and point out to Mr. Neal and many other fellow Maine CMP customers that […]

As a Franco American and Lewiston native, I feel it my duty to the founding board members and to the Franco community to address the name change of the Franco American Heritage Center to “Riverfront.” Need I remind the current board of the $6.5 million raised as a way to preserve the Franco culture? Changing […]

While the decision of renaming the Franco Center rests with its board of directors, I wanted to share my thoughts as Lewiston’s mayor. Over the course of the past few months, my thinking has evolved on this subject. Ever since moving to Lewiston, I’ve known that the former St. Mary’s Church holds a special place […]

Recently, I heard from many members of the Lewiston community about the name change for the Franco American Heritage Center. This change of name did not take into consideration the voice of the community, and it apparently was not a full board decision, either. That was a big mistake, as this building is emblematic for […]

I was born and raised in Lewiston, left for the Navy in 1971, made a career, and stayed in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. I’ve subscribed to the print edition of the Sun Journal for a year and switched to digital a number of years ago. So, I have the perspective of being away. […]

Renaming the Franco Center is wrong. Not because I am a part of the French community in Maine, but because I have so many colleagues, friends and family who are. The community created this incredible center and has maintained its beauty and ownership since 2000 as required by the agreement in place when they bought […]