Gov. Mills announced Wednesday that Maine would be following the CDC’s recommendation that masks should be worn in certain high-COVID areas, no matter a person’s vaccination status. What’s your take?
Madeleine LaPlante-Dube
Tell Us: Do the rules of free speech extend to politicians on social media?
State Rep. Charlotte Warren’s recent social post sparked debate in Legislature this week over her right to exercise her free speech.
Tell Us: How will the imminent 10% rate hike from CMP affect your household?
Regulators approved Wednesday an increase in electricity delivery rates that will push customer bills up by an average of more than 10%. It starts Aug. 1.
Tell Us: How would you like to see your school district spend their extra cash?
Maine schools got a surprise from the state this year: extra funding. Now that your school districts have more money than planned, how would you like to see them allocate it?
Tell Us: Do you support Maine’s $300 ‘hazard relief’ checks for residents earning less than $75,000?
The Legislature voted Wednesday to pass the initiative.
Tell Us: Are you prepared for the July 1 statewide plastic bag ban?
Maine is dropping single-use plastic bags in most stores to cut down on pollution.
Tell us: What are you looking forward to doing now with coronavirus restrictions ending?
Things are getting back to normal. What’s your first move?
Tell Us: Do you think local and state officials should be doing more to combat browntail moths?
Browntail moth caterpillars are back with a vengeance in Maine, and some towns, like Waterville, have gone as far as declaring a public health emergency. Should more be done across the state?
Tell Us: Should Maine create a consumer-owned utility company?
The proposal for a consumer-owned utility to rival CMP and Versant received key legislative committee approval this week. Do you think Maine should go for it?
Piecing together the life and tragic death of a Lewiston Civil War POW
A young Oxford-born soldier named Stephen L.T. Mariner died in 1864 in one of the Civil War’s most brutal prisoner-of-war camps, but much of his life remained lost to history. For Memorial Day, the Sun Journal pieced together a portrait of a young man through what was left of his legacy: a collage of records, documents and one local gravestone.