Ben Bragdon – Page 130 – Centralmaine.com

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.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: As Biden declares an end to the ‘forever war’ in Afghanistan, the Taliban declare victory

April 24, 2021April 23, 2021

The Dallas Morning News (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Give young people in nation’s oldest state more input in Augusta

by The Editorial Board April 23, 2021April 22, 2021

A new bill would create the Youth Impact Commission to inform and advise policymakers.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Compass: Make democracy work in Augusta and Washington

by Richard Barringer and Frank O’Hara April 23, 2021April 22, 2021

We can’t let a minority of lawmakers get in the way of progress.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Peter Garrett: An Earth Day gift for your family

by Peter Garrett April 22, 2021April 21, 2021

A solution to the Climate Crisis that pays families? What an Earth Day gift that would be! Am I kidding? No. The idea is out there in Congress. It would price carbon fuels at their source and throughout the economy, based upon their emissions. That would, of course, raise prices at the pump or store. […]