Residents of Ward 5 in Auburn are very lucky to have Stefanie Mahr Damien running for City Council. The city faces a host of difficult issues — from the protection of Lake Auburn and how to manage solid waste and recycling, to coming up with compassionate solutions to the housing crisis. In all of these […]

Auburn is blessed with clean water and prime farmland. Those resources must be protected if Auburn is to thrive. To do so requires collaborative leadership on the City Council and active citizens. Jeff Harmon as mayor would offer that leadership. Auburn’s current mayor has pursued scheme after scheme to dismantle the protections in the city’s […]

I highly recommend Paul Beauparlant for reelection to the Lewiston School Committee as, in my mind, there is no better candidate in his ward. I have worked with Paul and his wife for many years, and they are totally committed to the city. Paul has sent his kids through the school district and, as a […]

The past two years have been anything but usual. Coming out of the pandemic, it seems every community in Maine is addressing the housing shortage, investing in infrastructure, making quality of life improvements, facing unmet needs, increasing the tax base and planning for the future. But the second largest city in Maine appears to still […]

The last time I looked at our nation’s Constitution it said that “we the people” were still in charge. I know and acknowledge that we as a society have been very remiss in holding the government’s feet to the fire over who is in charge. Until changed, the courts still say it is the people […]

As a retired, lifelong Mainer, I’m voting no on Question 3 because I believe it would increase our costs, not lower them. I am against any government takeover of our utilities, and that’s what this is — a seizure of private companies using eminent domain. And putting elected politicians in charge of our electric grid […]

As someone who grew up in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School, I was proud to see that the city’s website lists Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on its mission statement at a time when right wingers call DEI as being “woke” as they try to rewrite history. I’m proudly 100% woke, then. Bob Mennealy, […]

Lifetime career politicians accepting bribes from special interests to enrich their lives need to be held responsible for their actions. Supreme Court judges included. Sending billions of dollars to Ukraine and borrowing from China with no end in sight is absurd. When we have migrants crossing our borders by the thousands, while the Mexican cartels […]

I was an elected official for four years on the Auburn City Council. I was privileged to work with many exemplary staff. Being a councilor allowed me to address issues important to our community. In the last few years, it has been encouraging and reassuring to see residents educate themselves and organize to make their […]

As a downtown Lewiston resident and member of Trinity Church, I witness daily the struggles of the unhoused. The causes are many and needs expanding, while responses are repeatedly stalled by a divided City Council. It is time for new leadership in Wards 4, 5 and 6. Billie Jayne Cooke is running for the Ward […]