“A Maine Legislator is charged with civility and responsible conduct inside and outside of the State House commensurate with the trust placed in that Legislator by the electorate,” the Legislative Code of Ethics states. On June 5, a group from Speak Up for Life gathered at the State House to pass out binders to Democrat […]
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 inLetters, Opinion
Patricia Bernard: ‘Infanticide is an abomination’
I can’t believe there isn’t more outrage over the L.D. 1619 abortion bill. Gov. Janet Mills, now that she’s reelected, is supporting the bill. Just think of all the kids who surprised their mothers and showed up a little early. Just think of what wonderful human beings these kids have become. Our representatives should not […]
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Joe Voisine: U.S. needs to live within its means, cease overspending
President Joe Biden’s position on the debt ceiling issue on national debt doesn’t seem to bother him. If Republicans under the leadership of Speaker Kevin McCarthy hadn’t passed a bill setting conditions for excessive spending, America’s economy would only get worse. The average person today has to rely on their retirement savings to keep their […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Sybilla Pettingill: ‘Only extremists’ support abortion bill
Maine showed up. It’s clear by the number who came (and keep coming) to the State House that the majority of Mainers, both pro-life and pro-choice, do not want this extreme abortion bill, L.D. 1619. The mainstream media will not publish accurate numbers or pictures, so the viewers and the readers will think most people […]
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Hamda Ahmed: Maine workers need paid medical leave program
The Maine Legislature will soon vote on L.D. 1964, which would create a paid family and medical leave program for Maine. I am writing to support this important policy. Previous to my current job, during the pandemic, I was a case manager and a program manager at one of the largest ethnic-based organizations in the […]
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Misty, Isaac and Simon Gendron: Maine needs to shut down abortion expansion bill
“Passing this bill would be justifying my murder, since I was offered to be terminated. I would like anyone supporting this bill to look me in the eyes and tell me that I should have been allowed to die.” — Isaac Gendron, age 16
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Rich Lowry: Don’t erase the Anglo-Saxons
What the academics hostile to their own field of study want to do is take a term that is readily recognized, broadly understood, and generates public interest, and replace it with something more obscure for no good reason.
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Leeds medical center hires new physician assistant
LEEDS — DFD Russell Medical Centers recently hired board-certified physician assistant John Wironen. Wironen received his master’s degree in physician assistant studies from the University of New England in 2021 and spent the past two years as a primary care provider at Sebasticook Family Care in Pittsfield. He also holds a Ph.D. in material science […]
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Clarence Page: Migrant crisis gives Chicago diversity a stress test
America’s latest migrant crisis has come to Chicago and, in an unfortunately Chicago-style way, threatens to reopen old divisions over race, ethnicity and whether new arrivals might be getting helped before others in need who are already here.