Signing off – with a smile on my face and a lump in my throat – after 45 years in Maine journalism.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Angry parents are ruining youth sports. Here’s how to rein them in
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Mark Andre: PFAS a rural problem in search of a rural solution
The issues being raised in Fairfield show that federal funding rules are misguided, a local legislative candidate writes.
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Maine Voices: Insurance payment delays highlight deepening crisis for Maine EMS providers
It seems inconceivable that a call to 911 may go unanswered, but such a nightmare scenario is closer on a daily basis than the public may realize.
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Maine Compass: Republican lies can’t change the reality: Paul LePage failed Maine
The facts show that Janet Mills has cleaned up the mess left by the former governor, the chairman of the Maine Democratic Party writes.
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Maine Voices: For-profit utilities still hold the keys to our climate transition
Despite modest steps, CMP and Versant will still make progress difficult and costly.
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Douglas Rooks: Some progress by Legislature, but a session of missed opportunities
As the Legislature left town this week after what began as the third annual pandemic session, there was a note of mild optimism. COVID didn’t continue to dominate, and lawmakers made enough progress on recalcitrant issues to merit a modest celebration. There were incremental advances in housing policy, criminal justice reform, energy, and the fraught […]
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Commentary: How to support caregiving children of wounded veterans
Feeling recognized would assure us that we do not face these challenges alone, an Afghanistan War veteran’s son says.
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Maine Voices: Kids deserve a government that takes action to protect their health
The testing of Maine’s schools for lead in the water started last fall, wraps up May 31 and identifies a threat for proper remediation.
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Maine Voices: How Holocaust survivors first remembered their murdered millions
The effort to establish a new holy day in the Jewish calendar was the result of an extraordinary vision only a year after the concentration camps’ liberation.