Judith Meyer

Sun Journal

Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.

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Published
August 6, 2023

How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘father of the atomic bomb’

The new world that Oppenheimer helped to create, and the nuclear nightmare he feared, still exists today.
Published
August 4, 2023

Workforce rental houses built in Paris barged to Great Cranberry Island

Two new rental houses on Great Cranberry Island were manufactured by KBS Builders of Paris, which has a reputation for building the highest quality homes, well-insulated and energy efficient.
Published
August 2, 2023

Soaking June rains destroy the road to Tumbledown, but who will pay to fix it?

Access to the Tumbledown Mountain trails has been hampered by flooding, and state and county officials have entered talks to see who foots the repair bill.
Published
August 2, 2023

Carrie Castonguay named town manager in Livermore Falls

Castonguay replaces Amanda Allen, who resigned as town manager in early June after coming to an agreement with town officials to settle a discrimination complaint she filed with the Maine Human Rights Commission.
Published
July 31, 2023

Big Food should be ESG’s next target

We have started eating substances that “can’t really even be called food,” says van Tulleken — “emulsifiers, low-calorie sweeteners, stabilizing gums, humectants, flavor compounds, dyes, color stabilizers, carbonating agents, firming agents and bulking — and anti-bulking — agents” just for starters.
Published
July 26, 2023

SAD 58 citizens to receive survey on district’s vision for educational approaches

Officers were elected, including Jessica Caine as chair of the board.
Published
July 25, 2023

Mexico man seriously injured in Hanover crash Monday

When deputies arrived, along with members of the Rumford Fire Department and Med-Care Ambulance, they found a vehicle off the road, with the front end crashed into a tree.
Published
July 24, 2023

If you never got sick from COVID, thank your genes

The researchers found that people who carried one copy of a version of a gene called HLA-B*15:01 were more than twice as likely to remain asymptomatic after being infected with COVID.
Published
July 21, 2023

Rangeley prepping for property tax revaluation in 2026

Municipal attorney Steven Langsdorf reminded selectmen they’re required to end their meetings by 9 p.m., noting “nothing good happens after 9 p.m. in a public meeting.”
Published
July 21, 2023

Deanne Danforth: Worry about laws that adversely affect a child’s health

California, Colorado, Oregon, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington State require schools teach about LGBTQ as part of sex education classes. They’re forcing society to accept a lifestyle many Americans — not just Christians — disapprove of. Ohio, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota are weakening “The Fair […]