In our state if someone hurts or kills a kitten or a puppy, they will be punished, fined, or in some cases, jailed. Our governor, while campaigning, stated she would not change the existing abortion law. She and other lawmakers have now proposed a bill, LD 1619, that would allow late-term abortion extending beyond the […]

1. Women finding themselves in an unwanted pregnancy surely can be quite disturbed about it. 2. They won’t have “a life” with a kid. They can’t afford a kid. They won’t have their freedom. They’re afraid. You name it. 3. So they insist they should get the abortion. They kill the kid. 4. What about […]

I have many concerns about what is happening in Auburn right now. Having lived in our home for 40 years, we’ve seen many changes. I felt pretty lucky to have raised our family here. Our kids used to skate on the city-maintained rink in the field behind our house or at Ingersoll rink at Pettengill […]

I’ve been dismayed that protection of Lake Auburn’s water quality and the Environmental Protection Agency waiver from filtration — providing ratepayers with safe, affordable drinking water — have become emotional political issues. Pitting sister cities, developmental interests and private property rights against the management of a shared natural resource and public utility is unfortunate and […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, nicknamed by some of us Floridians as “DeathSantis” because of his anti-science and anti-vaccine beliefs, is not without critics among us sane Floridians for his anti-diversity, anti-true history and anti-LGBTQ mandates. I don’t personally feel that he is presidential material at all. Bob Mennealy, Lake Worth, Florida

I am a 45-year-old resident of Lewiston. I have chosen to raise my family here, and both my husband and I own businesses in Lewiston. I consider myself a very involved community member that takes advantage of the public services provided to me and also contributing physically, emotionally and financially to our city. I cried […]