Times change, but the allure of half-day Wednesdays for Auburn teachers and students never does. And neither, it seems, does the persistent heartburn this peculiar institution causes some parents.Auburn’s school committee is again revisiting early release, a program started in 1971 to give teachers additional preparation time. Since then, the issue has flared up from […]

Images of war will be hard to avoid this week.Today, the rumble of hundreds of motorcyclists will provide a timpanic accompaniment to a replica of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall, as it arrives in Lewiston for a weeklong installation at Veterans Memorial Park.Tonight, a seven-part series about World War II, “The War,” by acclaimed documentarian […]

It costs $1 to drive from Lewiston to Augusta on I-95, the Maine Turnpike.It costs 60 cents to drive from Portland to Augusta on I-295.It costs $1.25 to drive from Lewiston to Portland on the Turnpike.It costs 60 cents to drive from Augusta to Portland on I-295.There’s our 40 and 65 cents, respectively, on why […]

“Captain FAFSA,” introduced to the Lewiston School Committee this week, is a 9-foot-tall writing implement committed to truth, justice, the American way and helping high school students complete the critical paperwork for securing college financial aid.The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is the key first step for students to qualify for college […]

“In our Internet age, the ‘shaming and branding’ of sex offenders inevitably leads to community stigmatization and ostracism. Being branded a sex offender in a community indisputably has ostracizing effects, including social isolation, difficulty finding employment and being targeted for harassment, violence even murder.“The drafters of the United States and Maine Constitutions deemed such actions […]

The Sun Journal wishes to publish veterans’ reactions about the “The War,” the new documentary about World War II by Ken Burns, or the arrival of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Lewiston.Please send responses, of no more than 300 words, to Editorial Page Editor Anthony Ronzio, either via e-mail at [email protected], or at the […]

A publicist hired by Taser International couldn’t have scripted Saturday’s tragic standoff in Rumford any better: A desperate, violent suspect, a long police standoff, and an opportunity for the controversial twin-pronged, 50,000-volt stun gun to prove its nonlethal worth. Here’s the scene:The suspect emerges from a home he’s threatened to burn.An officer fires a Taser, […]

The Sun Journal wishes to publish veterans’ reactions about the “The War,” the new documentary by Ken Burns about World War II, or the arrival of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Lewiston.Please send responses, of no more than 300 words, to Editorial Page Editor Anthony Ronzio, either via e-mail at [email protected], or at the […]

As subprime mortgages collapsed, and homeowner after homeowner entered foreclosure, the inherent instability of lending vast sums of money to people with questionable credit, or means to repay it, was painfully exposed.Maine is among many caught unaware by this seemingly obvious problem; other states have been hit harder by the subprime collapse, but all indications […]

The Sun Journal wishes to publish veterans’ reactions about “The War,” the new documentary by Ken Burns about World War II, or the arrival of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Lewiston.Please send responses, of no more than 300 words, to Editorial Page Editor Anthony Ronzio, either via e-mail at [email protected], or at the Sun […]