I want to congratulate the Auburn City Council and Mayor Jeff Harmon for voting to support the construction of a bike/pedestrian trail on the unused Berlin Subdivision rail line between Portland and Danville Junction. If built, this trail could then link with the proposed Auburn Gateway to allow off-road, safe travel from Portland into Lewiston/Auburn. […]
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.
In rebuttal: Bruce Stevens: Letter seemingly discounts Trump’s many lies
I write in response to Joe Voisine’s letter (“No one is above the law, including President Biden,” Dec. 27). I am amazed that he seems to discount the more than 30,000 documented lies that Donald Trump told as President. Facts show the economy was strong under Biden’s term. There were more deportations under Biden than […]
Clarence Page: Behind the “Lie of the Year,” some bitter truths
We need to get back to giving newcomers a more proper welcome, but I guess we’ve got to get past another election first.
Patrick Eisenhart: The power of Musk
Who would have imagined that a South African native, Elon Musk, would hold the power to trash a bi-partisan Congressional budget plan a week before the nation was facing another governmental shutdown? Who would have ever imagined that the job security of 2.5 million federal workers would rest in the hands of the richest Republican […]
Bob Faunce: Frudakis a prime choice for Muhammad Ali sculpture
What a wonderful surprise in Dec. 27’s Sun Journal (“Muhammad Ali statue under construction in Lewiston“). Developer Tom Platz and his friends have commissioned Zenos Frudakis, one of the world’s foremost sculpture artists, to create a bronze statue of Muhammad Ali’s great triumph over Sonny Liston in Lewiston in 1965. It will be based on […]
Rumford Hospital emergency department nurse receives DAISY award
RUMFORD — Rumford Hospital nurse Penny Savage is the recipient of the DAISY Award, an international program recognizing nurses for their compassionate care and the difference they make in patients’ lives. Savage works in the hospital’s emergency department. She was nominated by nurse leader Merideth Alanskas and Supervisor Tina True. Her fellow team members cited […]
Austin Bay: The next Pearl Harbor: Close-in drone swarm attacks launched from US soil?
The Great Drone Hysteria first afflicted New Jersey and New York — with maybes from Maryland and Virginia. Then California and Nevada residents reported odd airborne night lights — flickering, hovering, then disappearing.
Rich Lowry: Joe Biden’s commutations racket
President Joe Biden, or whoever is running the White House, grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again.