Jacqueline Smith: Lewiston needs councilors who work for betterment of all

It’s a sad and pathetic day when the citizens of Lewiston are allowing two elected officials to control by intimidation and force the rest of the City Council. When they can do whatever they want without consequences — regardless of established laws. If they say it’s okay, then I suppose it is. I always thought […]

Editorial cartoon for Friday, Oct. 20

Ron and Kathy Jacques: If tired of Lewiston councilors, vote accordingly

Lewiston residents who are tired of the ongoing corruption within the City Council should voice their displeasure and vote its members out of office. Ron and Kathy Jacques, Lewiston

Franklin Memorial Hospital hires new dietitian

FARMINGTON — Amanda Robbins has joined the clinical nutrition team at Franklin Memorial Hospital. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in food science and human nutrition, with completion of the dietetic internship from the University of Maine. She specializes in pediatric and maternal nutrition, though she works with all ages and disease states. Much […]

Christine Holden: Reelect Sheline for a ‘vibrant, thriving, caring’ Lewiston

Current Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline has for many years been a community-engaged business owner. He has admirably continued and broadened his concern for the community as an elected official, attending community events and regularly talking with a variety of people on the streets — he listens, and learns from them. Additionally, he works diligently with […]

Rep. Margaret Craven: Lewiston council needs people like Chittim

I’m supporting David Chittim for the Ward 7 City Council seat in Lewiston. David is a retired engineer, has amazing attention to detail, and does his homework. David chairs the Historic Preservation Review Board, on which I serve, and am aware of his skills. David is courteous, thoughtful, smart, curious and articulate. He has donated […]

David Marquis: ‘Lewiston needs representatives with integrity’

The Sun Journal reported in 2022 that Lewiston City Councilors Lee Clement and Rick LaChapelle secretly drafted a racist resolution, then planned to suspend council rules and vote it through. The resolution was designed to keep Lewiston schools from teaching critical race theory, a graduate-level law school course. Critical race isn’t taught to K-12 anywhere […]

Cal Thomas: Raw antisemitism exposed

There is no “cure” for antisemitism, but universal denunciation by all people of good will might help push it back in the closet, or under the Earth where it belongs. It also might help if some pro-Palestinian students were forced to listen to a Holocaust survivor and the true history of Judaism and Israel.

Clarence Page: Curb your optimism about the Middle East. Turn on your realism

We make a mistake when we try to judge other people’s decision without taking into account how much their experiences and circumstances differ from our own.

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, Oct. 19