I’m writing to encourage voters to reelect Rep. Mike Lajoie for House District 96. Mike has a long career of public service as Lewiston’s fire chief, as president of the City Council and as our House District 96 representative. Mike has also worked with community organizations, serving as president of the board of directors at […]
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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Andrea Breau: Vote for Rep. Cloutier, vote to improve Maine health care
As a family member of a 20-year veteran of Maine’s health care workforce, I hope my neighbors join me in voting for Kristen Cloutier for House District 94 in November. Rep. Cloutier has worked tirelessly to expand the health care workforce in Maine. Last year she sponsored a bill that established a commission that will […]
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Jeromy Bean-Thurlow: Breaking the silence: A voice from the Deaf and hard of hearing community
Let this month be one we all celebrate. Raise awareness that we are here, our lives hold value, and we deserve to be respected.
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Susan Brown: Campbell is ‘the best candidate for all’
Dan Campbell is the candidate I support for House District 90 state representative. I have known Dan for 30 years and have seen him work tirelessly for student athletes, as well as those with substance abuse and other life issues. He has earned all of the accolades and awards he has received. I wasn’t surprised […]
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Blair Fenning: Inflation’s toll: A family’s fight for survival and fair wages in the University of Maine System
For the sake of our families and our future, it’s time to take meaningful steps toward supporting the workers who keep our community strong.
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Stephen Kottler: Clement would ‘help make Augusta do the right thing for Lewiston’
Lee Clement is running for the Legislature from House District 96. Lewiston needs this thoughtful, intelligent, successful, wise, honest, transparent, cooperative and kind man to help make Augusta do the right thing for Lewiston. His career as a public safety professional is perfect preparation for understanding and solving this city’s and state’s problems at a […]
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Rich Lowry: The new radical norm at elite colleges
That elite institutions, blessed with such enormous resources and given such influence over the development of young people, are so hostile to our own civilization is one of the scandals of the age.
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Cal Thomas: Words and deeds
Did charges by Democrats and some Republicans that they consider Trump a “threat to democracy” partially motivate accused sniper Ryan Wesley Routh? Someone will have to ask him, but the loose talk by Trump, his running mate J.D. Vance, as well as those on the left and right have contributed to the poisoning of our political atmosphere.
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Austin Bay: The US election’s dirty issue: Undisciplined and corrupted security agencies
The list of American security agencies stained by bureaucratic incompetence, dreadful leadership and outright political corruption just keeps getting longer.