I moved to Lewiston 65 years ago and have known many mayors. I have never met a mayor of Lewiston who was such an advocate, promoter and great voice for us than Carl Sheline. He is involved in every aspect of city life — he walks around the city getting to know our people, learning […]
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: Bring back locked mental facilities
About 20% of the homeless living on the streets of America suffer with severe mental illness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And with psychiatric hospitals no longer an automatic option, they fill the prisons.
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Clarence Page: Kevin McCarthy is out. Now whose party is in disarray? It’s the GOP’s turn
I don’t blame the MAGA crowd for being embarrassed by their standard-bearer. But, Democrats can’t afford to get too comfortable about GOP misfortunes. Disarray seldom stays in just one party for long.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Felicia Hinkley: Vote Parks for ‘a more just and equitable Lewiston’
Although I no longer live in Lewiston, I still work for a Lewiston nonprofit and have multiple connections in the community. I’ve worked with Megan Parks, at-large candidate for the School Committee, in a professional capacity for over five years. In that time, I’ve come to know her as a passionate, hardworking advocate for the […]
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David Rackmales: The blow-it-all-up caucus
As we are facing elections for local offices and committees in a few weeks, the recent standoff in Congress over funding the functions of government gives us an opportunity to reflect on a faction which has been growing lately, like a cancer, in our body politic. We elect public servants to serve … our interests, […]
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Paul Baribault: Trump repeatedly shows America his true colors
After former president Donald Trump last week suggested that the head of our country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, might deserve the death penalty, the general had to expand security measures for his family to 24 hours a day. Backdropping this potential incitement to harm by some deranged individual, he faces a total […]
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Dawn Bach: Parks cares about Lewiston’s children, community
I am writing in support of Megan Parks, at-large candidate for the Lewiston School Committee. Parks has a long history of supporting and advocating for the families of Lewiston. I had the opportunity to serve on the Lewiston New School re-districting sub-committee with her in 2015 and 2016. I found that she brought fresh ideas […]
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Joan Macri: Harmon is ‘mayoral candidate Auburn has been waiting for’
I am impressed with Jeff Harmon. Running hard for mayor of Auburn, he absolutely understands the challenges facing the city and its residents. He understands the city manager form of government and how it should work. His many years of working for the State Police and interacting with state government over policies, procedure and budgets […]
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Bob Stone: Councilor Walker serves Auburn ‘far beyond the norm’
Every now and then, there have been public-spirited individuals who step up and serve their community at a level far beyond the norm. Ward 5 has had the good fortune of having Councilor Leroy Walker representing the New Auburn neighborhood for more than a decade. There is not much that goes on in Auburn that […]