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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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Success in public transit breeds more opportunities
Yet for all its promise, public transportation will need fundamental rethinking if it’s ever to seriously compete with the private car.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion, Uncategorized
Messalonskee students to honor veterans Thursday
Each year in November, students at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland honor veterans with an assembly. This year’s event will be held Thursday, Nov. 7, at 8:35 a.m. at the Messalonskee High School J. Duke Albanese Performing Arts Center, 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland. Coffee and refreshments will be served starting at 8 a.m. in […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New approach needed to handle school threats
Schools need the right resources to process threats, and to stop problems before they get too dire.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Automakers siding with Trump on fuel rules is bad for everyone
As has become obvious in fire-ravaged California, climate change is no longer an abstract concept to worry about someday but a threat to quality of life. Seen in this light, the decision by General Motors, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Subaru, Hyundai, Kia and Fiat Chrysler to back President Donald Trump’s challenge to California’s tougher vehicle emission […]