Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
Augusta’s New Ventures Maine to offer free classes in May
AUGUSTA — New Ventures Maine is set to offer 20 free workshops and classes statewide in May in three program areas: small business, career building and financial education. Workshops and classes are designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to build a career, start a business, and manage money. The full […]
In rebuttal: William Britting: Actual facts regarding Trump vs. Biden economies
I write in response to Glenn Chateauvert’s highly inaccurate letter (“In Biden vs. Trump, these numbers matter,” April 25). Here are the actual facts concerning the Donald Trump economy and the Joe Biden economy. President Biden has over 15 million in job growth; 3.6 million in the past 15 months. His average gross domestic product […]
Clem Bechard: Twisting the truth on Trump
Chellie Pingree said on the news the other day that Donald Trump said “I can stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and no one would care.” What he actually said was “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose voters.” This is once […]
Paul Baribault: Trump’s negative statements on American servicepeople
Like many of my generation, I have friends who served in Vietnam who are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. For any servicemen and women who are ardent Donald Trump voters, I wonder if they know about these corroborated statements and many others made by the former president through the years. “Suckers and losers” he said […]
Gail Shelley: Rep. Libby ‘the best choice for Maine’
When election time comes again in November, I urge voters to look hard at Rep. Laurel Libby, who is running for reelection. Laurel is a voice of reason who fights for the people of Maine. She firmly believes in personal freedom as well as smaller government. While others focus on issues that are not top […]
Cal Thomas: Lessons from other campus protests
Morality, good behavior and decency appear to be electives, not requirements, on too many of today’s university campuses whose “students” (and apparently not all are students) are now running the institutions of what might be called lower learning.
Auburn health agency names Marble clinical director
AUBURN — Health Affiliates Maine has promoted Kate Marble to the position of clinical director. Since the agency’s founding in 2010, Marble has been instrumental in advocating for behavioral health professionals and driving the agency’s mission forward, according to a news release. She most recently served as the case management program director. In her new […]
Tim McCloskey: Rep. Libby works to lower taxes for the wealthy
While Dan Campbell has been coaching students and volunteering to aid the homeless, his opponent in the race for the Maine House, Rep. Laurel Libby, was hard at work to lower taxes for the wealthy. She sponsored a bill to decrease the amount of income taxes on capital gains by an inflation factor. Capital gains […]