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PublishedApril 30, 2019
Our View: Texts and calls could save jail costs
A doctor or dentist does not rely on patients’ memories to make sure they keep their appointments. The courts shouldn’t, either.
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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Jim Fossel: Silly season on the long campaign trail
With 19 months until Election Day, there’s no long-shot candidacy too long to be treated seriously.
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PublishedApril 26, 2019
The View From Here: Riding division to victory
How do you conquer a superpower? Drive a few wedges and let them do it to themselves.
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PublishedApril 25, 2019
Elizabeth Dostie, Fairfield Center: Treasures in the old cookbooks
All of my cookbooks had copyright dates from 1964 to 1971. The ones I mostly used, anyway. The decidedly not new “New Better Homes & Gardens” (Better Homes & Gardens, 1968) with the three-package cream cheese cheesecake recipe (p. 216) and the beef stroganoff (p. 238) with the 2 tablespoons of wine in it, which, […]
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PublishedApril 25, 2019
Our View: Mainers should have access to Canadian drugs
Until the U.S. government offers the kind of protection that other countries provide, Maine should do what it can.
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PublishedApril 25, 2019
Jody Rich, Waterville: As clear as the nose on my face
Errand list in hand. Good. Purse on shoulder. Good. Keys in other hand. Good to go. I put my hand on the doorknob to leave when something didn’t feel right. Criminy, I didn’t have my glasses. I chuckle at the thought of driving around town without them. All fuzzy-edged. The idea of the headache I […]
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PublishedApril 25, 2019
Kassie Dwyer, Athens: Even a rusty tractor wheel can be a precious ring
It was like a scene out of a romantic movie … he was down on one knee in the pouring rain, asking me to be his wife. But instead of a ring, he had a rusty tractor wheel (it was the closest thing at hand); I was holding a weed wacker. My high school sweetheart […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2019
Our View: Legislature should reconsider plan to hike tax on alcohol
The fact that some people can drink responsibly is no excuse for failing to prevent binge drinking and other dangerous practices.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Jim Fossel: Maine’s Green New Deal as substance-free as the federal version
The state’s proposed response to the climate crisis also makes a lot of promises for other people to keep.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Our View: Sick-time compromise shows how government is supposed to work
A bipartisan agreement on an issue that matters to people’s lives represents a giant step away from legislative dysfunction.
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