Through lack of legislative oversight, we have let a system arise in which the vast majority of “information” made public is not subject to screening. The companies that host these postings, such as Facebook and Twitter, bear no responsibility, pay no price, for what’s on their sites.
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
Norway Savings Bank donates $20K to Lights Out Gallery
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank has donated $20,000 to the Lights Out Gallery at 10 Tannery St. The founders, along with many volunteers, are renovating a 117-year-old former snowshoe factory to become a contemporary art gallery and a home to many of the community’s art-related businesses and nonprofits. Since purchasing the 15,000-square-foot building in February […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Richard Nadeau: Governor should have put COVID funds into lobstering industry
Not only does our governor of Maine want feticide on demand, now she wants to drive the North Atlantic right whale to extinction. There are only about 350 of these animals left. She used COVID money from the federal government to give every Mainer who filed their income taxes $850, when this money actually should […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Ann Oskam: Save Lake Auburn, vote Harmon for mayor
Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque is a real estate developer. He and his like-minded cronies’ thinly veiled attempts to steer Auburn away from its longstanding comprehensive plan to maintain the precious natural resources is not a mystery or concern for affordable housing, which evidently belongs in Lewiston or on the backs of low income homeowners in […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Austin Bay: The Wagner Revolt leaves losers worldwide
Mercenary commander Yevgeny Prigozhin didn’t dispute Russian President Vladimir Putin’s big lie about the Ukraine War, that Russia is fighting Nazis and NATO. The merc commander did something more lethal: He directly challenged the Kremlin’s veneer of competence and its mystical trust in overwhelming Russian military might.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Whom to believe?
If everyone has their own “truth,” then nothing can be said to be true. If we no longer teach — even impose — virtue and the importance of good character, then we get their opposite.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
William LaRochelle: Cal Thomas, John Adams ‘are light years apart doctrinally’
I can sympathize with Cal Thomas’ decrying our decadent, “anything goes culture” (“We must care about what’s appropriate,” Sun Journal, June 21). The evidence is everywhere. On Yahoo’s website, for example, I sometimes see laudatory reports with photos about female celebrities pushing the envelope by appearing publicly in broad daylight wearing tops that only hide […]
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In rebuttal: Douglas Hodgkin: Correcting the ‘myth’ behind Lewiston’s name
Unfortunately, the article by Steve Collins (“One of the Androscoggin’s mysteries: Why did Lewiston Falls become Great Falls?,” June 25) ended with the myth about the Native American named “Lewis” as the source of the name of “Lewiston.” Actually, when the Pejepscot Proprietors granted the land to Moses Little and Jonathan Bagley in 1768, they […]
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Susan Martin: Harmon ‘an excellent alternative’ for Auburn mayor
I am glad to see that Jeff Harmon is running for mayor of Auburn. The city needs a more transparent and sensible approach to development. The large and still expanding apartment complex on Court Street is but one example of housing that is only affordable for upper middle-income individuals and families. Additionally, it adds significant […]