As someone running a small business and a resident of Lewiston’s Ward 5, I’ve come to know Kristen Cloutier, Ward 5’s councilor. Kristen is passionate about our city being the best it can be. Whenever I or Andrew Knight, owner of the Inn at the Agora, contacted her for assistance, she was always available, willing […]

Right now, L/A and Portland are having different types of housing problems. Portland has too little housing, which is driving the prices up beyond what a lot of people who work in Portland can afford. L/A on the other hand, due to it being a former mill town, has an abundance of housing at cheaper […]

It isn’t often in life that you get to meet a genuine American hero. In Auburn’s Ward 1 City Council race, we have the opportunity to put one on the City Council. A Maine kid from a hardscrabble background, Matt Leonard joined the Navy when he was 18. In his Navy career, Matt rose to […]

I have been a tea partier since 2010 and my opposition to Obama is based on his character as a pathological liar and his determined efforts to weaken our country. At the same time, I’m wary of Trump. I would offer one and only one comparison between Trump and Hitler: their route to power. After […]

I recently read a letter in the SJ that spoke to a Sept. 6 column written by Kalle Oakes regarding NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and a mention of Kim Davis. The writer was outraged and felt that an apology was needed. Not having read the initial article I went back and read it. Let me […]

This is in rebuttal to Norman Smith’s letter to the editor of Sept. 9. Obama, with intent, chose to launch his presidential campaign in Bill Ayer’s home, the one responsible for bombing one of our federal buildings. It would do well for Mr. Smith to read Obama’s self-revealing books: “Dreams of My Father,” and “The […]

Life can be stressful for all of us in one way or another. Someone’s life was so stressful Saturday that they decided to rob the TD Bank on Lisbon Street with a hand gun. Immediately, three young bank tellers were put into a situation that they had never faced before. They did all the right […]

Lewiston City Councilor Kristen Cloutier has served the residents of Lewiston’s Ward 5 with distinction. I’ve served with Kristen Cloutier on the Council for two years and from first-hand experience I’ve seen how she works. Put simply, Cloutier: does her homework; asks thoughtful, tough questions of city administrators; cares deeply about each and every resident […]

Did you know that driving while texting is six times more dangerous than driving while intoxicated? Texting and driving is extremely dangerous. As a teenager I can say that this is the most dangerous activity that my peers are engaged in. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 11 teenagers in the United States […]