The Maine Land Use Planning Commission must reject Wolfden Resources’ application to rezone its land near Pickett Mountain in the Katahdin region for zinc mining.
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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Marc Jalbert: Re-electing Trump would make U.S. ‘the laughing stock of the world’
I want to make as fair a comparison as I possibly can. The Congress wasted very little time with addressing the issue of George Santos, without a conviction and overall disgust for what he stood for. A liar and under three indictments. On the other hand, some 40-plus percent of the Republican Party seem to […]
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: The two bones of contention in academia
Until this week, the chatter about corruption in colleges revolved around massive amounts of money that drove a rejigging of athletic conferences. Then, a second discontent cropped up. Put it under the heading of “Be careful what you say.”
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Farmington’s MaineHealth Franklin Hospital taps emergency department director
FARMINGTON — Blake Hotchkiss of Wayne has been appointed emergency department director at MaineHealth Franklin Hospital. He oversees clinical activities within the unit to ensure the delivery of patient- and family-centered care. He also manages business operations and serves as a mentor and coach, fostering the professional growth of the care team. Deanna Orfanidis, chief […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ken Johnson: Barring Trump from ballot is constitutional issue, not political
I am writing in support of the decision and action by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows regarding Donald Trump’s right to be on the ballot in Maine. Her job and responsibility as secretary of state regarding the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Section 3, is to hear arguments to determine if Trump has taken action that […]
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Darrell Dunn: Bellows erred in blocking Trump from Maine primary
By arbitrarily excluding candidates from the primary process, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has disenfranchised voters and effectively controls the outcome of Maine’s upcoming presidential election. This decision is dangerously reminiscent of ploys used in the USSR, Venezuela and North Korea, where dissident candidates were jailed or murdered before elections. It’s a ruling routinely employed […]
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Rich Lowry: Confession of a public health expert
The former head of the National Institutes of Health during the pandemic and current science advisor to President Joe Biden, Francis Collins, has noted that he and his colleagues demonstrated an “unfortunate” narrow-mindedness.
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Patrick Eisenhart: ‘I don’t trust Golden any longer’
Voting with rich Republicans appears to be an emerging pattern with Congressman Jared Golden. He was the only Democrat to vote with the Republicans against the Build Back Better bill designed to provide badly-needed services for Mainers and to address climate change. He voted consistently with Republicans against the ban of the AR-15 until he […]