The U.S. Department of Education cut more than $600,000 in promised funding for the program, which supports western Maine students who face barriers in going to college.
Ben Bragdon
Staff Writer
Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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Seeing more bats in Maine? Here’s why.
Bats, ecologically and economically important, suffered through the 2010s. But experts are cautiously optimistic about the future.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Hilary Koch: Finding the daily good in dark times
A broken headlight and a new set tires led to an epiphany, the columnist writes.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Letter: Maine Democrats’ strategy? Curse Trump.
It’s a sign they’ve lost the argument.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Youth Art Month kicks off in Waterville with Friday openings
The Ticonic Gallery and Greene Block + Studios will show off artwork from more than 450 local students.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Scholars Strategy Network: What Maine’s paid leave program means for your family
Changing demographics have made caregiving difficult, the columnist writes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Hilary Koch: Elon Musk, metadata and you
We’re worried about who has access to our data — what’s being collected, where it’s going, and whether someone like Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is getting its hands on records it shouldn’t. But here’s the thing: most of us have been giving away our data for years, and we barely think twice […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Accurate testing the key to Maine’s PFAS response
The Legislature should look to increase and expand the state’s capabilities, writes the CEO of a lab in Norridgewock.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Massachusetts man sentenced for stealing firearms in Waterville
Ryan Ansart, 22, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, is expected to serve three years in federal prison for crimes in April 2022.