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: We cannot forget about long COVID

by The Editorial Board August 26, 2022August 25, 2022

The federal government isn’t working fast enough to find solutions to this debilitating illness.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: School districts shouldn’t yield to book-banning minority

by The Editorial Board August 24, 2022August 23, 2022

Students can handle difficult discussions, and a few parents shouldn’t be able to deny them those lessons.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Community Compass: Waterville can ‘revitalize’ by lifting up its most vulnerable

by Elizabeth Leonard Special to Central Maine Newspapers August 24, 2022August 23, 2022

A thriving community for all of us requires first and foremost that we act to lift the weight of poverty off the backs of those being crushed by it, a Waterville resident writes.