Anyone in Maine can appreciate Mike Shaffer, a lineman in the snow belt above Syracuse. “What makes me tough as nails is working in any type of weather and playing with electricity in my hands every day. Being away from my family for long periods can be very hard at times, but I’m doing it for them.”
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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David Griswold: MacLeod brings continued experience to Auburn council
Tim MacLeod is worthy of a second term as Ward 2 city councilor for Auburn. I have known Tim since his Boy Scout days, when he worked his way up to Eagle rank. He is a lifelong Auburn resident and has a daughter in school here. He is a good neighbor. I know firsthand how […]
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Scott St. Pierre: Gelinas has done ‘fantastic job’ as Lewiston councilor
Stephanie Gelinas has done a fantastic job as Ward 7 city councilor in Lewiston. She continues to be a great leader. As founder and executive director of Sandcastle Clinical and Education Services and LA Hearing Center in Lewiston, she understands the needs of our community. Stephanie serves the community in many ways and is active […]
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In rebuttal: Renee Cote: Retroactive law passage not new in Maine
In response to the letter from Ellen Field on “retroactive laws” in the Sun Journal on Oct. 16, she’s just wrong on the facts, as are the advertisements from “Mainers for Fair Laws” that have been filling our mailboxes and air waves. Title 1, Chapter 11, Section 302 of the Maine Revised Statutes has long […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: My people are Americans
Shall we embrace fidelity or surrender to the storm? For some of us, that’s no choice at all. Hence, “you people” — less a call for division than a belated recognition that division has already come, that some of us have seceded from common cause, common ideals, common hope — and that the rest of us must recognize that, if only so that we can be clear-eyed about saving ourselves.
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Christine McNulty Grant: Parks belongs on Lewiston School Committee
I write to share with the Lewiston community my experience with Megan Parks. I have rarely met someone so passionately committed to their community. I met Megan at the beginning of the pandemic last year when we worked together to open an emergency shelter for the homeless community in Lewiston. What I learned about Megan […]
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Whitney Pelletier: Lewiston ‘would be in good hands’ with Sheline
Carl Sheline is the community-minded, forward-thinker that Lewiston needs. He is a great listener who always takes the time to ask how business is going, and really hears the response. I have always appreciated his commitment to our community and his support of our local businesses. I believe the city of Lewiston would be in […]
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Dick Albert: Albert brings knowledge, dedication to Lewiston school panel
As a former school committee member and as the city councilor who served as the school committee representative, I can say without any hesitation that Leigh Albert is very qualified to serve Ward 6 on the committee. She has dedicated her career to education and would pass that knowledge and dedication for the betterment of […]
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Whitney King-Buker: Don’t sacrifice children’s well-being for policy changes
As a former scientist and recently former health care worker I am very concerned. No. Scared. Directives — not required by the state — have been enforced at the local level due to stipulations pertaining to new federal grant funds our school administrators have applied for. A sum of $7 million. Multiple close contact quarantines […]