I am tired of politics as usual in the state of Maine. It is for this reason that I enthusiastically endorse Charlotte Nutt to represent District 79 in the Maine House of Representatives. As an independent, Charlotte is not beholden to either of the two parties that dominate Maine politics. Instead, she can focus on […]
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.
Julia Harper: Rep. Cloutier creates results for Lewiston, all of Maine
Rep. Kristen Cloutier creates results for Lewiston and all of Maine. In order to help victims and survivors of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston, Kristen helped to pass the Maine Mass Violence Care Fund — a landmark legislative achievement. In other states, funding for victims of mass violence has slowly dried up as […]
Joe Voisine: ‘Both parties have failed us’
As always, “special interests” are spending tons of money trying to get our votes in November, using news media to either promote or denote the opponents. We’re told prices on fuel, groceries and housing are apt to get better. Promising to help the middle class is always on the agenda, and never happens. President Biden […]
Hilary Ware: Joan Beal is ‘a true public servant’
Joan Beal is running to represent us in Maine House District 81, and I am blown away by how lucky we citizens of that district are. After a lifetime of community service teaching in classrooms, halfway houses, as a court-appointed special advocate for children, plus serving on town budget and planning committees, Joan understands that […]
Renee Cote: House District 90 could use better representation
On Laurel Libby and Leonard Leo — a Sept. 6 story in the Bangor Daily News outlined the flow of $375,000 from the Federalist Society leader’s Concord Fund down to state Rep. Libby’s “Dinner Table.” Underneath all the lip service to “freedom,” here are Libby’s real interests: ending reproductive rights for Maine women and overturning […]
Patrick Eisenhart: Clean Election candidate is best for House District 90
Who is Rep. Laurel Libby representing? On April 3, the Maine House of Representatives voted against a bill that would restrict unauthorized neo-Nazi paramilitary training in the state after advocating for their rights to exercise their freedom of speech. Now Libby, a Bangor native, is running for reelection to her third term in the Maine […]
Rich Lowry: The Secret Service is a national embarrassment
If this is what the Secret Service has become, it’s a wonder that something worse than Butler, Pennsylvania, hasn’t already happened.