Sen. Susan Collins said she would withhold judgment on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court until she observed his confirmation hearings. Those hearings have now produced documentary indications that, despite his caginess in testimony, he would vote against a woman’s right to choose and against health insurance protection for people with preconditions. In […]
James Parakilas
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Rotary to hear former Bates professor at meeting
AUBURN — James Parakilas, who has recently retired as the James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts at Bates College, will be the speaker at the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club session at noon Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Village Inn, 165 High St. Parakilas taught music for 37 years at Bates and served terms […]
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Chin has a plan for Lewiston
Candidates for mayor everywhere promise to attract new businesses and support existing businesses in their communities. What makes Ben Chin’s promise to promote businesses in Lewiston believable is that he is not simply promising to be supportive. He has held serious discussions with local entrepreneurs about the obstacles they face and the steps the city […]
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L/A Arts will continue to provide programs
The Board of Directors of L/A Arts, the arts agency for the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, has just announced that the agency will no longer employ a full-time staff, but will rely, instead, on individual project leaders under the direction of the board. L/A Arts will also occupy a smaller office space. These changes, […]
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Don’t confirm Trump nominations
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Secretaries of State, Interior, Energy and administrator of the EPA have all made their careers and fortunes telling the public, on behalf of the oil, gas and coal industry, that the effects of burning those fossil fuels on climate change can be ignored. Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King […]
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Entitled to safe food supply
What branch of state government is charged with “protecting the food we eat”? According to the Maine.gov website, it’s the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Recently the Humane Society issued a video showing distressing, unsanitary conditions at the DeCoster egg farm in Turner, with hens laying eggs next to carcasses of hens that […]
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J. Parakilas: Providing real leadership
It takes moral integrity to provide real leadership in government. State government is dissolving into chaos because Gov. Paul LePage completely lacks moral integrity. In November, the voters of Lewiston can elect a mayor who has that integrity: Ben Chin. He has enough respect for his fellow Lewistonians to go to residents’ doors and ask […]
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J. Parakilas: Show some respect
Instead of apologizing to Republicans for “any difficulty that remarks recently reported in the press may have caused you,” maybe Gov. LePage should apologize to Republicans for calling them liars. After all, when he claims he didn’t say President Obama hates white people, he is calling those who reported the remark liars, and those who […]