I write with sadness upon learning of columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.’s decision to discontinue newspaper column-writing in favor of creating novels. Good for him, as he seems to have excellent self-understanding, but a loss for us folks who have enjoyed his offerings for many years. His writing style has been refreshing and entertaining as he […]
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.
Rudy Plummer: Don’t need weather forecast 3 times in 20 minutes
I agree with Marc Jalbert’s letter (“Frustrated by repetition in local news broadcasts,” Dec. 22) and would add that I watch the 4 a.m. national news and then the local news, which repeats the same news I just watched on the national news word for word. Isn’t there any local news worth covering, and do […]
Gil Steward: Column sent clear message about silent police radios
I get what Mark LaFlamme is saying with the Lewiston-Auburn police and the scanners going silent on us (“Lewiston-Auburn police radios remain silent — for us,” Dec. 21). My wife and I are retired and often did listen but, like he said, the Lewiston/Auburn police have been quiet the last year and a half, after […]
Tom Putnam: Hearing my father’s voice in the carols of Christmas past
Our family singalongs are not the same without my dad’s presence, and our holiday traditions have changed over time. But in the privacy of our homes and the recesses of our minds, those familiar Yuletide carols continue to evoke his spirit.
Austin Bay: Putin’s latest bad bet: Strategic bombing
Vladimir Putin bets cold, hungry and bombing-terrorized Ukrainians will surrender, even if the British, Germans, Japanese, Ethiopians, et al. did not.
Froma Harrop: TikTok needs to leave these shores
TikTok’s role in torching so many American brain cells would seem reason enough to get rid of it. But that’s not why national security experts and politicians of both parties want it banned in the United States.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: No heroes in this saga
Immigration is both our triumph and, of late, our tragedy.
Cal Thomas: The false god of politics
The Christmas season offers an annual opportunity to push the reset button and consider a better way, a way that will demonstrably produce results that politics cannot.
Froma Harrop: DeSantis Passes the Kool-Aid … to Republicans
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has earned some recent notoriety for casting doubt on the COVID-19 vaccines and attacking the experts who happen to know about them.