Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2023
Soaking June rains destroy the road to Tumbledown, but who will pay to fix it?
Access to the Tumbledown Mountain trails has been hampered by flooding, and state and county officials have entered talks to see who foots the repair bill.
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PublishedJune 23, 2023
Former Rangeley selectman pleads guilty to 3 federal charges
David Burgess admitted his involvement with a lucrative illegal marijuana and money laundering ring that operated in Franklin County.
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PublishedMay 2, 2023
Overnight standoff in Auburn sparked by online feud, police say
Police say the 21-hour standoff started after a Gillander Avenue resident fired a gun at a passing car.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
Maine courts may take until 2028 to touch backlog of cases
Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill says the judicial branch is “frail” following her State of the Judiciary speech.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Jay select board accepts $5,000 matching gift from Pixelle Specialty Solutions
The offer, contained in a written letter of support, was made in light of this month’s closing of the Androscoggin Mill.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Law Court upholds Ringuette sentence, sends case back to lower court for review of supervised release
Maine Supreme Judicial Court said Bethany Ringuette, as an accomplice, is accountable for the actions of a man who engaged in sexual acts with a young girl, and “guilty of the crime as if he acted as a principal, and a guilty verdict rendered on either theory is thus indistinguishable.”
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
Jay paper mill to close in early 2023
Gov. Janet Mills issued a statement saying the state offered its support to try to keep the mill open, but company leaders said there was nothing they could do.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2022
Returning home: Transition program helps Mainers leave nursing homes and regain some independence
Homeward Bound helps those able to move out of facilities, and return to a familiar home and community setting.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2022
Maine reaches ‘point of failure,’ seeks $62.1 million for indigent public defense
Lawmakers are asked to more than double state spending on poor, criminal defendants.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2022
Defense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police heard confidential calls
The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
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