LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center has received a $5,000 grant to support its Nutrition Center school gardens programming. The grant was one of three Iced Coffee Day grants, totaling $49,000, presented to Maine hospitals by the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation. Since 2012, Maine Dunkin’ franchisees and the foundation have given more than $500,000 […]
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.
Renee Cote: Vote Harmon for Auburn mayor, stop the theatrics
Come November, Auburn voters have a chance to change the tone in city hall. For the past few years many news reports about Auburn have featured an argumentative mayor responding negatively to pushback from citizens who are concerned about the rapid development all over the city, including on our beautiful lake. Jeff Harmon is running […]
John Cleveland: Jeff Harmon is a natural leader
Jeff Harmon has always been a natural leader. During his first career in law enforcement and public service he began as a patrol officer in the Auburn Police Department. Based on his leadership skills, he rose to become the deputy chief of the Maine State Police. Then in his second career with a software company, […]
SeniorsPlus announces new members, slate of officers
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, has elected three new members to its board of directors, as well as a new slate of officers. Robert Kirchherr of Norway replaces Dennis Gray, also of Norway, as chairman of the SeniorsPlus board. The former assistant dean for academic […]
Clarence Page: A Supreme Court surprise. How the Right rescued the Voting Rights Act
In Alabama, where 1 in 4 voters is Black in the state’s seven congressional districts, the justices ruled that the Republican-dominated state legislature had denied African American voters a reasonable chance to elect a second representative of their choice.
Froma Harrop: Biden’s economy is boffo
Look at the record, starting with inflation. Remember six months ago, when Republicans were hollering over the price of eggs? For a variety of reasons, the wholesale price of eggs rose to over $5 a dozen. Now the same carton costs 99 cents. Doesn’t that deserve at least an honorable mention?
Clarence Page: Supreme Court ethics? More than ‘balls and strikes’
The proper role of a Supreme Court justice, as Chief Justice John Roberts famously said in his own confirmation hearings, is “to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.”