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 inBusiness, Noteworthy
Central Maine Healthcare names new providers for River Valley
RUMFORD — Central Maine Healthcare recently added two new providers to the River Valley region. Jesse Leeds, MD, is joining the team at Swift River Family Medicine in Rumford. Lauren Mason is a pediatric nurse practitioner who is joining the Elsemore Dixfield Family Medicine practice. Originally from Long Island, New York, Leeds graduated medical school […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Don Robitaille: Kudos to Lewiston PD on speed patrol
A few days ago, I contacted the Lewiston Police Department concerning the many speeding vehicles on my road (I live on the Old Greene Road, the Sabattus Street end). The McMahon Elementary School is less than one mile away. Already I have noticed police cars in the area. I appreciate the quick response of the […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Marilyn Burgess: Foreign power’s control of CMP raises concerns
I would not be excited about inexperienced people running Central Maine Power, but I am not sure it could be worse than it is now. My greatest concern is that CMP is owned by a Spanish company. Spain has never been a close friend of the United States, and if the world descends into a […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Terence McManus: U.S. can do better than Biden vs. Trump in ’24
On the left, we have a president who is clearly edging into senility. More than once he has lost his train of thought in public and stumbled and fallen on other occasions. On top of that, the financial shenanigans of his son from five or six years ago, while his father was vice president, are […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Austin Bay: Communist China deliberately escalates Asia’s lethal map wars
For two decades, Beijing has disdained legal borders and seized territory without consequence. Letting Beijing continue to get away with it will result in global disaster.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Froma Harrop: Can AOC win back our love? Possibly
First she has to win back our respect. Democrats can’t get things done unless they win elections.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Getting the Saudi-Israel formula wrong
Now that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reverted to an old and failed formula, promoted by President Barack Obama and some of his predecessors, the Saudis apparently think they can appease their fellow Arabs by appearing to squeeze Israel into making new concessions.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: The electric car sham
Electric vehicles should be considered a nice, promising addition to the variety of the car market, not a quasi-holy obligation to be pursued at all costs.