The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. I am joining participants in the fight against the disease at Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Oct. 17 in Brunswick. Currently, more than 28,000 people in Maine are living with Alzheimer’s disease, […]
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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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Which child would you lose for $12 million?
“We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal.’” — Martin Luther King Jr. In other words, what is legal is not necessarily what is right. With that in mind, I find myself struggling to imagine what justice for Breonna Taylor would have looked like. After all, this week’s refusal by […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Steve Bien: Jan Collins for Senate District 17
We live in very difficult times. Fortunately, we have people who can rise to these occasions, like Jan Collins, who is running to be our state senator in District 17. Here is why I am supporting her. Jan has been a teacher, she has worked in health care, and she is a small business owner […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
William Van Tassel: Ethics lost amidst lies and lunacy
Why all the riots? Why the protests? Why are politicians continually lying? Why do candidates’ commercials always misrepresent their opponents? Why all the murder in major U.S. cities? Why is there interest in illogical, socialist ideologies and scams of social justice? Why do some wish trashing law enforcement? Why is pornography and sexual perversion so […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Katherine Perron: Shame on political sign thieves
My parents have lived on Central Avenue in Lewiston for 68 years. Recently, their political sign supporting President Trump and Vice President Pence was stolen from their front lawn. The sign wasn’t right next to the road. It was strategically placed near their walkway from their house to their mailbox, approximately 15 feet from the […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Barbara Toner: Vote for Jan Collins for Senate
We are continually reminded how lucky we are to live in a beautiful and simply special part of the state. Respect and appreciation of what western Maine has to offer keeps us working hard to stay here and be a part of this community. Jan Collins, who is running to represent us in Maine Senate […]
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Peter Lasagna: Reelect Sheats to District 64
Bettyann Sheats continues to proudly, effectively serve the people of this community. In her second term as the District 64 representative, Sheats proves every day that experience and ability to collaborate matter. In the past two years, this fiscally responsible West Point graduate and Army helicopter pilot veteran, has helped add $37 million to the […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Anne Allen: Zoombombing incident shows antisemitism’s presence
This past weekend, I experienced Zoombombing. On Saturday during Temple Shalom’s Rosh Hashanah service on Zoom, the holiday service was viciously disrupted by people intent on terrorizing. We were verbally assaulted with antisemitic hate speech, screamed profanity and accosted with references to Hitler and gas chambers. They singled out some of our members in horrific […]
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Peter Wright: Time to redesign ‘shark like’ loans to hospitals
Current MAAPP loan repayment terms dictate that hospitals will lose their Medicare fee-for-service payments from the day they begin repayment until they have repaid their loans in full. This is bad policy.