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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PublishedNovember 16, 2019
Rumford and its former town manager prepare to face off in federal court
Linda-Jean Briggs claimed her civil rights were violated when she was suspended and ultimately terminated without cause.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Discrimination claim against St. Mary’s hospital has been resolved
The attorney who represents former St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center laboratory technician assistant Mykayla McCann, said Friday morning that “all claims have been resolved.”
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
Four Brazilian nationals, living illegally in the U.S., arrested in Farmington
FARMINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol agents from Rangeley arrested two Brazilian nationals Wednesday, according to a statement issued Saturday. Further investigation led to a local hotel where two additional Brazilians were arrested. According to the statement, agents responded to the Farmington area following a report of suspicious activity near the local Walmart. While investigating the […]
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PublishedAugust 31, 2019
Local people who are all about the work share what motivates them
For local citizens, passion, kindness, community discipline and purpose are common threads on the road to success.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2019
Epstein suicide sparks fresh round of conspiracy theories
Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in a federal jail is sparking a fresh round of conspiracy theories online, and even from prominent officials, in a case that has long provided fuel for them.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2019
Wet winter, hot summer damaging Maine’s fruit trees
Weather conditions so far in 2019 have damaged many of Maine’s fruit trees, but despite the damage one expert predicts the apple crop will come in just fine.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2019
US military says service member killed in Iraq
The U.S. military says a U.S. service member has died in Iraq during a mission with Iraq’s security forces in the country’s north
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PublishedAugust 10, 2019
Libraries putting social workers on staff to help patrons struggling with poverty, drug addiction or mental illness
A few master’s degree programs for aspiring librarians have classes on mental health, but most don’t. To help fill in the gaps, an estimated 40-plus library systems have full-time social workers on staff, according to Whole Person Librarianship, an organization that tracks such partnerships.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2019
Jalbert named vice president, general manager of Sun Media Group
Sales Executives Dan McManus and Kelly Wade have also been promoted, and the company has hired three new sales executives.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2019
Albert Flick sentenced to life for murdering Kim Dobbie — the second woman he has fatally stabbed
This is the second time the 77-year-old man has been sentenced for killing a woman. He was released from prison in 2000 for that crime. One of Dobbie’s friends said “I hope he rots in hell.”
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