Having a healthy retail sector is essential to having a healthy economy and community. That’s why the Auburn City Council should, as expected, vote Monday to bond $5 million for road improvements around the intersection of Mt. Auburn Avenue and Turner Street.That intersection has reached or even exceeded its traffic capacity, and more development is […]

The first accusation of media bias was probably hurled about 10 minutes after the first newspaper ran off the first printing press. Since then, anyone in the news business – whether in print, TV or on the Web – has heard the charge.Amazingly, the Sun Journal often gets back-to-back complaints from readers arguing that our […]

In Friday’s paper, we published a color photo of the cover of a magazine titled “Babytalk” that showed a baby suckling at its mother’s breast.In Monday’s paper, we published a color photo of a Lebanese baby, covered with dust, killed in his home by Israeli missile fire.Guess which photo we got complaints about?It wasn’t the […]

You’ve heard, no doubt, that friends don’t let friends drive drunk. Well, here’s a twist: friends don’t let chronic problem drinkers and lousy drivers drive their cars.That seems pretty obvious to most of us. But, apparently, it’s not obvious to all. That’s why the city of Portland has begun impounding vehicles driven by repeat offenders, […]

Lewiston and Auburn as tourist destinations?Absolutely.Maine’s WB and Maine’s UPN TV networks have selected the Twin Cities for its OurMaine Destinations program, a daily showcase of destinations across the state.When the broadcasters began filming the Lewiston-Auburn piece, the community support was so exceptional and there were so many sights to see, that – for the […]

While we seriously doubt that any children were harmed by taking a couple of over-the-counter diet mints, we question whether the camp’s director, who supplied the mints, is suited for his position.The incident started innocently enough when a teenage camper in the L/A Arts Summer Youth Theatre program passed around a tin of Slim Mints […]

This week marked the start of the second session of a remarkable summer camp at Pleasant Lake in Otisfield.Seeds of Peace Camp brings children from Middle Eastern and Asian countries, often countries at war, together with American children for three weeks of talking and outdoor activities.And despite all of its successes with individual campers during […]

Woo, woo, woo, woo…That, in case you didn’t recognize it, is the sound of a boomerang about to hit Maine Democrats in the head.On Tuesday, the chairman of the state’s Democratic Party alleged that candidate Barbara Merrill and state Republicans conspired to “defraud” taxpayers of as much as $1.2 million in public financing for her […]

First-graders are a rambunctious bunch. They are social, emotional, curious and loud.They are always ready to play and most are exceptionally eager to learn.The behavior of first-graders at the Greene Central School, although distressing to parents and challenging for teachers and school administrators, is not unique to these 40 children.“There are kids in every school […]