Cal Thomas: How to ruin America

No nation can survive if it fails to control its borders. Our nation is unique in the world. We are a nation of laws. We are a nation with a rich history. If we abandon what our forebears fought to preserve, what will be left but a shell of a once-great country?

Cartoon for Thursday, March 11

Richard Smith: Lewiston reval will hike residents’ taxes

In the Feb. 18 Sun Journal article “Lewiston approves $23M capital improvement plan,” there is a paragraph referring to revaluation. It reads as follows: “Lewiston homes, on average, are assessed and taxed at 82% of their market value, while commercial and industrial properties in Lewiston are assessed at 91% of their value. A revaluation would […]

A boy and his ‘toy’

Harden to receive SeniorsPlus award for work with older people

LEWISTON — Don Harden will be honored with the 2021 Ikaria Award for his work with older people at the annual Fill the Plate Breakfast, to be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, March 19. The virtual event will benefit Meals on Wheels at SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging for Western Maine. […]

MCA chooses Pownal student as February student of month

SCARBOROUGH — Maine Connections Academy (MCA), the state’s first online public charter school, has selected Will Brown, an eighth-grade student from Pownal, as its February 2021 STAR Student of the Month. The STAR Student is an MCA scholar, selected from students throughout the state, who represents the school’s accomplishments and spirit. This is Will’s first […]

Ellen Grunblatt: Inmates need vaccine soon, too

This letter regards the March 4 Sun Journal article, “State says people in jails and prisons will have to keep waiting for vaccines.” The unexamined “policy” to exclude inmates from COVID immunization is irresponsible and inhumane, for all the reasons clearly laid out in the article. When we imprison people we become responsible for them. […]

‘Lean in Toward the Light’ concert to celebrate Sophia’s House opening

LEWISTON — The Center for Wisdom’s Women opened Sophia’s House, a residential healing community for women, one year ago. It was just as the virus arrived, canceling a planned opening gala event at the Franco Center. Now, on the weekend of the equinox, it is time to celebrate the first year of operation and “Lean […]

Cartoon for Wednesday, March 10

Area students receive USM Promise scholarships

PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has announced it has reached a major milestone in its campaign for the Promise Scholarship Program, which serves first-generation USM students with significant financial need. Over the past three years, it has raised more than $8.8 million for Promise, including over $7.5 million needed to endow the USM […]