What is wrong with U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy? Why wouldn’t he want to know what went wrong with that very disturbing and violent attack on the foundation of our democracy? Maybe it’s the conversation he had with the former president that he doesn’t want repeated. We had the 9/11 Commission that investigated foreign terrorists, but […]

There will be a special election Tuesday, May 25, to approve the Lewiston school budget that was developed by our School Committee and approved by our City Council. Members of both groups have spent countless hours researching, reviewing, and discussing this budget, but Maine law requires a citywide vote for its final approval. Unfortunately, this […]

As a school psychologist who spent 30-plus years working in clinics and public schools with our most behaviorally challenged students, and who spent years training others in de-escalation and nonviolent crisis intervention and restraint, I sincerely hope a bill is never passed that prohibits restraint and seclusion in schools (“Bill would end use of student […]

An article and several opinion letters over the last couple of weeks looked at softening drug and prostitution laws. As far as “harm reduction” (teaching people to use enough to not injure themselves or others) goes, that is a “crock.” I witnessed where this was applied, and strict behavioral requirements ignored — it resulted in […]

I encourage my friends, neighbors, and constituents in Lewiston’s Ward 3 to get out and vote in support of the school budget on May 25 at Longley School. My School Committee colleagues and I worked diligently for nearly two months to create a budget that supports our students and educators. Our budget provides for a […]