LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Health Care & Hospice has hired Mathew Collins as its director of home care services. After working as an emergency medical technician, Collins was a provider relations liaison for Northern Light Home Care and Hospice for four years, responsible for driving the growth of home health, hospice, and home care services […]
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.
Froma Harrop: Hillary was right the first time
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton was criticized for her use of the word “superpredators” back in 1996. Some on the left laid into her, accusing Clinton of racism.
John Bolduc: Action needed to preserve access to long-term care in Maine
We cannot afford to stand idly by as nursing homes and residential care facilities vanish from our communities. The Legislature must take immediate action by increasing MaineCare reimbursement rates and providing sustained funding to address this crisis. With federal matching funds available, there is an opportunity to leverage resources and safeguard the future of long-term care in Maine.
Rich Lowry: The Bible is America’s book
The fact is that selling Bibles is a very American venture, and the Bible, particularly the King James Version endorsed by Donald Trump, is a very American book, in fact the American book.
Success Juwah: LD 1718 would open doors to higher education for Maine’s essential support professionals
L.D. 1718 would encourage participation in Maine’s essential support workforce through access to higher education. This will also help to attract workers to direct care jobs, retain them in the field, and look beyond salary for incentives.
Austin Bay: 21st-century Chinese “cabbage” warfare: Fake maps and water cannon supporting military threat
Beijing employs a famous fake map in its war to seize the South China Sea and Taiwan, the nine-dash line map.
Cal Thomas: When will it end?
Another day, another dead New York City police officer, another grieving widow.
Clarence Page: Deriding DEI is the right’s attempt at a polite way to attack civil rights
DEI is short for diversity, equity and inclusion, virtues that have become a vice in today’s discourse on the political right, just like the earlier label “affirmative action,” which the right casts as “reverse discrimination.”
Rep. Kristen Cloutier and Joe Samaha: We must invest in the long-term health of mass violence survivors
In approving the creation of the Maine Mass Violence Care Fund, the Legislature would demonstrate its unequivocal commitment to supporting the long-term health, well-being and longevity of Mainers whose lives have been shattered by the epidemic of mass gun violence.