Editorial cartoon for Thursday, Aug. 31

Lewiston Save A Lot to celebrate full store remodel Friday

LEWISTON — Save A Lot, a discount grocery chain, has completed extensive renovations of its store at 10 East Ave. and will hold a grand reopening Friday. Owners said the store will offer customers a lighter, brighter and easier-to-shop footprint that includes new décor, fresh interior and exterior paint and new signs. The store will […]

Bob Stone: Levesque offers Auburn experience, proven results

Auburn’s government cost to operate will continue to increase, probably at a rapid rate.  If private sector economic development is retarded, or even stopped, city-provided services will have to be curtailed. Our property tax rate already is one of the highest in Maine. So, voters might ask candidates “What do you propose we do about […]

In rebuttal: Dave Griffiths: Inflation will recede, let Fed do its job

In an Aug. 26 letter, Robert Reed cites statistics about the effects of inflation (“Necessities were more affordable under Trump than Biden“). Unfortunately, he’s missing the all-important “why.” But before I get to that, Mr. Reed says the president controls the Federal Reserve. Not true. He nominates — and the Senate approves — the independent […]

Renee Cote: Auburn mayor’s words reflect ‘overblown self-importance’

I completely agree with Liz Henry’s in-rebuttal response to Dan Bilodeau, published Aug. 22. Also, in the SJ that day was the announcement that Mayor Jason Levesque is seeking a fourth term, checking off what he considers his accomplishments. He appears to have no awareness that his efforts to fill Auburn with multi-unit housing while […]

Cal Thomas: Force-feeding ideology

Last week, a federal judge denied a request by parents of students in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland, to be able to remove their children from classrooms when books containing LGBTQ+ characters are read aloud.

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Aug. 30

Jason Long: EPS formula will fail Mainers if not adjusted

I am deeply worried about the future of public education in Maine. Unless the State Legislature adjusts the school funding formula this session, Mainers will find themselves paying much more for far less in their local schools next year. This is not about politics; it is about math. We all know it. Home values have […]

Jane Morrison: Auburn should restore curbside recycling

I am very upset about the city of Auburn’s decision to cancel the recycling program. It was a very shortsighted decision. Many of us recycled, and for good reasons. The city needed to do some education about the recycling program, not just cancel it. In effect what the city did was to shift the cost […]

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, Aug. 29