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.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Don’t let companies off the hook for their role in opioid epidemic

by The Editorial Board April 3, 2020April 2, 2020

An investigation by ProPublica found evidence that Walmart sent millions of doses of opioid painkillers to criminal doctors.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: When will it end? The pandemic question on all our minds

April 3, 2020April 2, 2020

The Baltimore Sun (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Don’t let companies off the hook for their role in opioid epidemic

by The Editorial Board April 3, 2020April 2, 2020

ProPublica describes how the Justice Department stopped the prosecution of Walmart for filling suspicious prescriptions, in Maine and around the country.