I found the article in the April 4 Sun Journal regarding the Lewiston Bates Mill No. 5 very interesting (“20 years gone, Bates Manufacturing is still weaving a legacy“). Right after graduating high school and prior to becoming an architect, I went to work in the Mill No. 5, through the help of my father, […]
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: Lost liberties
If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties looks like. Such losses do not occur immediately but erode over time as people become increasingly comfortable with government claiming to know what is best for us.
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In rebuttal: John Nicholas: Ads correct about corridor’s forest impact
Ads about the clean energy corridor’s forest impact are correct. Since there are minimal benefits for Maine from the New England Clean Energy Connect project, supporters have resorted to incorrect, disparaging descriptions of the forest around the proposed transmission line corridor in Segment 1 from the Canadian border to the Kennebec Gorge. A recent letter […]
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Michael Boom: Reject efforts to restrict voting rights
Republicans realize that the only way to stay in power is to restrict the voting rights of the average American. Republicans are exceptional people unto themselves, and the sooner we can all get on board with this delusion the sooner we can all allow the Republicans to rule the roost. I apologize for my sarcasm, […]
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Richard Anderson: Corridor wouldn’t cross ‘untouched wilderness’
After two and a half years reviewing the Clean Energy Corridor, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection found that “the area that Segment 1 (of the corridor) would traverse is not untouched wilderness, but instead mostly consists of intensively managed commercial timberland,” (Findings of Fact and Order, page 54, May 11, 2020). My career as […]
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Kasie Kolbe: Proposed cable tax a bad deal for Maine towns
Policymakers in Augusta should not be passing any legislation that increases Mainers’ monthly bills, while communities like Lisbon continue to deal with the economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that is exactly what legislation pending before the Maine Legislature would do by implementing a statewide cable tax.
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Danielle Blair: Support LD 360, reduce barriers to recovery from substance use disorder
Substance use disorder does not discriminate. Adults who are currently eligible for targeted case management comprise only a fraction of adults living with substance use disorder in Maine. Every person with MaineCare benefits and a diagnosis of substance use disorder who is seeking approved treatment services should be eligible for targeted case management.
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Bob Mennealy: Golden should have supported stimulus bill
I strongly disagree with both Rep. Jared Golden’s vote against the latest stimulus bill, and Elliot Epstein’s March 28 column defending the vote. If either of them cannot clearly see the damage the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the economy here in Maine, and to individual households as well, I suggest that they look more closely. […]