I agree with so many others who have supported Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline’s reelection campaign. They have all pointed out Sheline’s many qualities as mayor, his presence at numerous city events, his work to improve our city, his work with various groups and his defense of protecting Lake Auburn. A friend of mine referred to […]
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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William LaRochelle: Trump is not America’s divinely anointed fixer
On Oct. 3, the news website Daily Beast published an article titled “Trump Shares Surreal Courtroom Sketch of Him Sitting Next to Jesus” (referring to his recent fraud trial in New York). The sketch was created by a fan who posted it on X, the website formerly known as Twitter. Donald Trump later posted it […]
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James Cogan: Longchamps would help Lewiston council get unstuck
I’m writing to express my strong support for Susan Longchamps for Ward 2 Lewiston city councilor. Our current council is stuck, mired in the past, with arguments and missed opportunities all too frequent. Longchamps is a proven problem solver, an amazing listener and a clear thinker, able in the course of her business to see […]
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Rich Lowry: The Trump Doctrine
Donald Trump’s relatively crisis-free presidency in foreign affairs has created a sense, perhaps an accurate one, that he cowed enemies into not challenging the U.S.
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Froma Harrop: You can’t stop fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. Cheap to make, it is about 50 times as powerful as pure heroin. Of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in America last year, more than two-thirds involved synthetic opioids other than methadone. A gram of fentanyl is so dangerous that experienced drug users have been known to die after making some careless dosing error.
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Central Maine Community College to host nonprofit career fair Oct. 19
AUBURN — The Business Department at Central Maine Community College is set to host a Nonprofit Career Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. The event will be held in the gymnasium in Kirk Hall at the Auburn campus, 1250 Turner St. Representatives from over 35 organizations will be present. Types of organizations include local […]
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Patricia Bernard: Hamas attack on Israel is ‘pure evil’
How horrible is the atrocious war going on in Israel. Another unprovoked attack by Hamas is pure evil. How can anyone condone the feral behavior of Hamas? History has shown that if Israel is attacked, it will retaliate. If Hamas really cared about Palestinian lives, it wouldn’t have started the war. But I suppose leaders […]
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Nancy Leeman: Questions on dismissal of criminal charges
I would like to address why some people who commit various crimes get a lot of their charges dismissed in the court. What’s the sense of arresting them, only to have their charges dismissed? And if they even go to jail, they are let out early for good behavior, only to continue their criminal acts. […]
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Clarence Page: Another 9/11 surprise? Why Israel should give peace talks another chance
Many questions have yet to be raised and debated about what went wrong for Israel in Gaza. But what stands out are hard-learned lessons about expecting too little from one’s enemies and presuming too much from tactics and information that may have worked before but become seriously outdated after enough conditions change.