I always take a moment to read the “Looking Back” column; I usually focus on the “100 Years Ago” entries since they tend to be the most charming, such as an entry a few weeks ago describing a man who showed up at City Hall offering to chop wood to pay his taxes. (His offer […]
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.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Jim Lysen: Drug use needs public health response
I have lived in Lewiston for 40 years. The last 12 years of my professional career I was the executive director of Community Clinical Services, a federally qualified health center affiliated with St. Mary’s Health System. I was in charge of 23 sites, including five school-based health centers. It was clear then that substance use […]
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In rebuttal: Constance Michaud: ‘Not all Catholics are true Christians’
I write in response to the letter regarding Donald Trump’s evangelicals (“‘Trump’s evangelicals have taken Christ out of Christianity’,” Jan. 13). This letter was well written and accurate until the paragraph that begins with “President Biden is a Christian and member of the Catholic Church.” This is where the difference lies: A true Christian has […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Showmanship vs. leadership
In the larger world of politics and government, we have a long-running trend of people who should be leaders opting instead to be showpeople.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Lewiston health/hospice organization hires new HR officer
LEWISTON — Sarah Conroy is the new chief human resources officer for Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice. Conroy returns to Maine from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area where she spent the past seven years working as a human resources business consultant and serving on the Maine State Society of Washington D.C. Foundation, a home away […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Sarah Gibson: Schizophrenics need proper treatment
I write as the mother of an adult son very ill with schizophrenia who is refusing help, about to run out of money, and become homeless in southern Maine next week. Given recent events, I feel I must speak out because what many people do not realize is how potentially dangerous untreated schizophrenics can be. […]
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Cal Thomas: Is it over?
Instead of dwelling on Donald Trump’s personality, Washington politicians and the media ought to be examining the reasons behind voter anger and desire to move the country in a different direction.
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Brian DuBois: Criticism of new Auburn Planning Board member
Hypocrisy, according to the Oxford dictionary, is “the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform.” Ryan Smith is a new member of Auburn’s Planning Board. This is not only subtraction by addition, it is also hypocrisy at its worst. First, Smith’s appointment removed longtime member […]
