Maine Revenue Services has begun mailing the first wave of $450 winter energy relief checks to an estimated 880,000 eligible Maine residents as part of LD 3, which the Legislature enacted with bipartisan support in January. This critical legislation is providing immediate support for many Lewiston residents who are struggling to heat their homes due […]
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.
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Cal Thomas: Looking up, looking down
Beijing’s aggressive agenda must be opposed, or the threat will spread to the point we might not be able to deter them. Backing measures to keep China from buying up American land is a good place to start, even while monitoring the skies for more balloons.
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Michael Brower: Louis Scolnik, Lewiston’s own ‘swingin” judge, turns 100
He is a Navy veteran; a career lawyer known for his unstinting commitment to the rights of minorities; a justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court who dissented frequently from the majority; a passionate lover of animals; a skilled lifelong jazz sax player; and a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
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Christopher Fletcher: Schools in Maine have a choice: Resist ChatGPT or embrace it
ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot launched last November designed to mimic human conversation.
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Rita Dube , Lionel Guay and Laurent F. Gilbert Sr.: Franco Center should continue to be a beacon of Franco heritage
We should be proud of our past, our present, and our future. Shining a light on our Franco-American culture should continue being a priority, with the name of the Franco-American Heritage Center, and within our broader community.
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Cal Thomas: A fading star vs. a rising star
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said more in her short speech than President Biden said in his long one.
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Rich Lowry: We shouldn’t cut off Ukraine
Cutting off the Ukrainians in the hopes of jump-starting negotiations would be folly and only benefit a Vladimir Putin who, if he had his druthers, would bring a bloody-minded peace of repression and vastation to Ukraine.
