Having worked as a building and plumbing inspector for the city of Lewiston for 31 years prior to my retirement, I had the pleasure of working with David Hediger for nearly 20 of those and saw him develop into one of the best in his field. In my opinion, his knowledge of code and planning […]

I write to encourage the Legislature to pass the Maine Trails Bond (L.D. 1156). Trail use has increased significantly over the past few years, resulting in wear and damage. This, combined with recent extreme weather events, makes the $30 million investment the bond would provide even more important for addressing maintenance and repair needs. Very […]

I write in response to Joe Mailey’s letter (“Renters are taxpayers and deserve same notifications,” Jan. 27). Rarely do I agree with Joe, but in this instance I am totally in agreement. Renters should be given written notice like property taxpayers when a project is built in the neighborhood, since they ultimately do pay property […]

On Jan. 30, the Sun Journal ran an article about the Maine Housing proposal to grant $1.4 million to open a warming shelter that would permit homeless residents to get warm. Although this proposal seems a step in the right direction, the state has a long way to go to adequately address Maine’s housing crisis. […]

The Maine Department of Transportation reports online annual statistics on motor vehicle crashes with bicycles, including those resulting in fatalities, serious injuries or no apparent injuries. The five-year average cyclist crashes resulting in serious injuries was 150.6 cyclists between 2019 and at the time of this letter. Additionally, an average of 1.6 fatalities resulted in […]

I’m writing to draw attention to a critical piece of legislation that is being proposed. Specifically, L.D. 1359, which is An Act to Provide an Opportunity for Resentencing Individuals Who Were Sentenced for Crimes Committed as Juveniles. If this bill is passed, the judicial system would be restricted from imposing a sentence of imprisonment on […]

Rudolph Ziehm doesn’t like the Electoral College (“Popular vote bill ‘makes perfect sense to me’,” Jan. 25). That’s his right. But L.D. 1578 is riddled with technical problems, violates the Maine Constitution’s residency requirements for voter eligibility, is incompatible with ranked choice voting and would undermine Maine’s exceptional method of allocating electoral votes by congressional […]

Lewiston’s city administration has thus far failed to justify its recommendation to eliminate the sanitation/code enforcement officer, which entails housing as well as food service inspections. Furthermore, administration has not justified why it is not renewing its contract with the director of planning and code enforcement, as there is no supporting paper trail. Administration was […]

The mass shooting last year in Lewiston has increased the call for removing guns from society. To the media and liberals, the quickest fix is remove all the guns or at least bar the so-called “assault weapons.” That is what all the government lackeys wish for, and they are dead wrong about it. As has […]

As a former owner of The Seafood Market and Magic Wash Laundromat, and a longtime resident of Lewiston, I am responding to the recent story about the city of Lewiston’s decision to not renew its contract with David Hediger, the director of planning and code enforcement. The city then proposed ending its local inspection program […]