AUBURN — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader hosted its annual awards ceremony Feb. 8 at the Auburn Hilton Garden Inn. The ceremony recognized the achievements of the Fontaine Team, whose members helped 566 families buy or sell property in 2023. Aaren James, Deanna Lavoie, Kathy Lee Cook and Lauri Kinser received the Bronze […]
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.
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Froma Harrop: Clickbait fuels obsession on Biden’s age
What ultimately matters is what our leaders do. Biden just got Democrats to go along with a very strong border control deal that made virtually no concessions to his party’s left flank. Trump, for all his hollering about chaos at the border, bullied Republicans to kill the bipartisan agreement precisely because it would have ended the chaos. He needs America to fail as a campaign strategy.
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Cal Thomas: The unmaking of a president
The deplorable state of the president is obvious to all but those who are desperately hoping they can drag him across the finish line in November.
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Jane Pentheny: America must uphold its treaty obligations
I am mortified by the recent off-the-cuff comments by the likely presidential candidate of the Republican Party, stating he would encourage our historic enemy from the Cold War (Russia, formerly the Soviet Union) to do what it wants with our allies in Europe. My parents and their siblings lived through World War II; they made […]
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Kevin Murphy: Rep. Libby offers Maine ‘a common sense approach’
How do Mainers like state government in every aspect of their life? From the cars they will drive, to the stove they can buy and how they heat their home, to the ever-increasing taxation. In my mind, small government is best. “Live and let live” has always been the Maine way. If people aren’t violating […]
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Peter Slovenski: LaFlamme’s column offers ‘colorful look’ into downtown Lewiston life
Thank you to Mark LaFlamme for his column published Feb. 6 about the “lost souls” and local characters he runs into and gets to know while working in downtown Lewiston. The writer’s descriptions of Howard, a.k.a. Owen, and the others were thoughtful and powerful. “And a second later, your hand would be gripped tight and […]
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Rudolph Ziehm: Thoughts on Biden’s document retention, border inaction
The article on page two of the Feb. 9 Sun Journal, about document retention by President Biden, is very confusing. In a line beneath the banner it says that Biden was more or less guilty as charged, and is repeated several times before, in the last paragraph, it says the truth. That there no evidence […]
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Clarence Page: How to fight Donald Trump as a Republican and survive
As much as Nikki Haley is nearly certain not to win her party’s nomination, her staying power against formidably long odds is in some ways downright inspiring and instructive. By her actions, she has shown fellow Republicans they can defy Trump’s chokehold on their party and preserve their integrity if they show a little spine and give themselves a chance.
