I’ve been dismayed that protection of Lake Auburn’s water quality and the Environmental Protection Agency waiver from filtration — providing ratepayers with safe, affordable drinking water — have become emotional political issues. Pitting sister cities, developmental interests and private property rights against the management of a shared natural resource and public utility is unfortunate and […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, nicknamed by some of us Floridians as “DeathSantis” because of his anti-science and anti-vaccine beliefs, is not without critics among us sane Floridians for his anti-diversity, anti-true history and anti-LGBTQ mandates. I don’t personally feel that he is presidential material at all. Bob Mennealy, Lake Worth, Florida

I am a 45-year-old resident of Lewiston. I have chosen to raise my family here, and both my husband and I own businesses in Lewiston. I consider myself a very involved community member that takes advantage of the public services provided to me and also contributing physically, emotionally and financially to our city. I cried […]

I would like to share my opinion on abortion. Religious beliefs have no medical or scientific expertise, especially about fetal development. Therefore, religious beliefs do not determine when life begins. Religions have no right to make medical decisions for anyone or for any reason. Our Constitution protects citizens from any religion trying to force its […]

There are too many new vehicles. Lewiston Public Works is again spending $1.5 million on vehicles it doesn’t need. The City Council is allowing this, but wants to cut pennies from the Lewiston Public Library. Shame on the council. I urge the council to really take a hard look at LPW. All the vehicles are […]

For years big farm owners have relied on migrant farmworkers and, historically, slavery to harvest crops and contribute to the agricultural wealth. These migrant seasonal farm workers do not get the recognition they deserve. Migrant farmworkers are settling in to be a part of a growing population of Mainers who want to farm independently, but […]

Many have already written and spoken in support of the Lewiston Public Library as a place — an ad hoc shelter and resource center in a city whose leadership doesn’t always treat our marginalized citizens terribly well. I agree with all of those people and those messages. I write this letter to champion books. As […]

Contrary to statements attributed to Evan Cyr, author of the proposed zoning change endorsed April 18 by the Auburn City Council and Planning Board ( “Auburn nears end to income standard in agricultural zone,” April 19), eliminating the so-called income standard would definitely result in more residential construction in the Agricultural and Resource Protection zone. […]

Simply, quietly, may I encourage those who strongly oppose abortion to adopt with love unwanted, in-danger children, if they are to live? This would be a Christian act of love. Tom Fallon, Rumford

I was once an immigrant who made Lewiston my home. I spoke French and had to learn to navigate a new country and culture. The Lewiston Library became a refuge for me and my family — a place to learn English, to access services we might not have been able to get elsewhere, a place […]