Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, July 20

Jeanne Raymond: Lewiston Youth Council continues to shine!

Since the first meeting of the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council in 2002, the teen members have offered the City of Lewiston so much. They work on projects that they believe are most beneficial to our city and the people who live here.As they discuss how they should present their projects or community outreach, they listen […]

Paul Baribault: Our democracy is lost if we lose trust in our elections

While it may not change the minds of those who believe the last election was stolen, 30% of Republicans, a deeply researched study by a well-respected conservative judge, with a conservative journalist, have independently concluded the last election was not subject to widespread ballot tampering. At www.lostnotstolen.org, their exhaustive findings — which were published this […]

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, July 19

The default of Elvis’s Graceland should worry tourism sites

Though the King of Rock and Roll died Aug. 16, 1977, he has active fan clubs and buyers of his music worldwide and a new biopic in theaters. That’s why his Memphis home still draws around 500,000 visitors a year, down about a third from the crowds that came 25 years ago.

Auburn traffic advisory: Emily’s Run is Sunday

Motorists are urged to be patient when passing runners, or to seek alternative routes.

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Jared Golden, David McKinley team up on bill to preserve rural VA health care

The congressmen say the bill would protect against the recommended closure of clinics in Rumford, Houlton and Fort Kent and reduce services at Togus.

Maine jail recorded hundreds of lawyer’s calls. He wants to know why

The details involving attorney John Tebbetts’ calls are the latest revelations in a monthslong investigation by The Maine Monitor. It previously reported that Aroostook, Androscoggin, Franklin and Kennebec county jails recorded nearly 1,000 calls defendants made to their attorneys between June 2019 and May 2020. Phone calls between Tebbetts and his clients are among those recordings.

Ukraine shouldn’t overplay its hand with allies

Taking sides in the domestic politics of its allies would seem an unwise strategy for Ukraine under any circumstances. It’s doubly so now, when taxpayers in Western Europe and the United States risk tiring of spending money to support a war where victory seems increasingly elusive.