Rumford Hospital nurse receives DAISY Award

RUMFORD — Brooke LeBlanc, a nurse who works in the Emergency Department at Rumford Hospital, is the recipient of the DAISY Award. The award is part of an international recognition program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary compassionate, skillful care nurses give daily. LeBlanc, who lives in Carthage, was nominated by fellow nurse Denise Harvey. […]

Philip Blampied: Amend state law to help ease Maine’s housing woes

A change in state law could open up hundreds, perhaps thousands of desperately needed new housing units in Maine. These units are the empty bedrooms in single family homes, particularly numerous in a state like Maine with an aging population and “empty nests.” These bedrooms could be rented out, but state law makes it unwise […]

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Dec. 27

UScellular donates soccer equipment to Lewiston Auburn Youth Network

LEWISTON — Through its Gift of Connection program, UScellular donated $1,000 worth of soccer equipment to the Lewiston Auburn Youth Network. The gift is to aid the network’s mission of supporting, empowering, and providing high-quality resources to immigrants and refugees in the community in a safe and secure environment. The donation includes soccer cleats, soccer […]

Marc Gosselin: The 19th victim

Many don’t understand depression — hearing voices, paranoia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or the fringes of extreme trauma. I do. And I know the agony and craziness that it entails. Thank goodness for me, the Veterans Administration was able to help. Apparently, the military faltered for the Lewiston shooter, Robert Card. I am in no […]

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, Dec. 26

Jason Judd: Apprenticeships yield results and make the case for more growth and investments

Today’s apprenticeship programs are not my father’s apprenticeships. They involve learning new technologies and skills, are in very high-demand fields and are no longer only for high school students. In fact, the average age of a Maine apprentice is 29.

Froma Harrop: What do we really mean by affordable housing?

Let’s not level neighborhoods in the interests of massive projects.

Austin Bay: Enemy proxies will target America’s coasts

U.S. coasts are vulnerable to proxy attack using 21st-century unmanned air and sea vehicles launched a hundred miles offshore. The U.S. has 12,480 miles of coastline — equivalent to about half the Earth’s circumference at the Equator.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Dec. 24