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Maine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: It’s time to close Long Creek, end youth incarceration

by Rossana Natalini-Majerini and Abdulkadir Ali Special to the Press Herald October 2, 2021October 4, 2021

The state’s scramble to rebrand the institution can never heal the years of neglect and abuse that it has caused.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Sen. Mattie Daughtry: Reproductive freedom is a human right

by Mattie Daughtry Special to the Press Herald October 2, 2021October 4, 2021

Maine will not move backward when it comes to a person’s right to access abortion and control their own body.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Pushed to retire and to keep earning, older Americans face a peculiar vise

by Teresa Ghilarducci and Christopher D. Cook October 2, 2021October 1, 2021

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Community

Online colloquium to focus on equity, inclusion in older populations

October 2, 2021September 9, 2021

The University of Maine Center on Aging plans to host the 16th annual Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium, “Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Delivery of Age Friendly Health Care” online Monday, Oct. 25. The colloquium — co-sponsored by the UMaine Institute of Medicine and School of Social Work, the Maine Gerontological Society, the Maine […]

Things to Do

Open Book Players plans 25th season

October 2, 2021September 28, 2021

The Open Book Players will open its 25th season with three short original plays written by local playwrights at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at Johnson Hall, at 280 Water St., in Gardiner. All three plays were winners in the Original Readers Theatre Script Competition hosted by Open […]

Obituaries

Obituary: William “Bill” Kendall Harvey

October 2, 2021

MANCHESTER – William “Bill” Kendall Harvey, 85, of Manchester, and the long-time proprietor of Harvey’s Hardware in Gardiner, passed away peacefully …