They once cheered for their high-impact electric transmission project. Now, Question 1 opponents hide from it.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: Vaccine opposition both causes death and blocks others from care
My husband, who recently lost his unvaccinated twin to COVID, is himself awaiting surgery – and I don’t want anti-vaccine caregivers anywhere near him.
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Community Compass: With Schoonerfest, a new Wiscasset tradition is born
Two weeks ago, the When And If returned home to Wiscasset harbor for the first time in 80 years to cannon salutes and cheers. The long, blue trailing pennant that is only flown for a homecoming schooner flew high above the recreation pier for a long weekend celebration of art, music, boats, and history. And […]
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Maine Voices: Two actions could save our children’s lives – now
Starting with kids 2 and under, all DHHS referrals should get an in-home assessment, and all open cases should receive a ‘desktop’ audit.
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Maine Voices: Our engagement in Afghanistan was not a failure until we quit
Our capitulation has swept aside considerations of future security risks, personal freedoms in the country and obligations to those we helped.
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Commentary: Why this former corridor opponent will vote ‘no’ on Question 1
Regardless of how you feel about CMP, retroactive lawmaking should make you concerned.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Can’t imagine the next 9/11? Try harder.
Twenty years after airliners suddenly became bombs, America remains vulnerable to threats we can’t envision.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: We in the media helped inflame 9/11 hysteria
In a moment of crisis, we lowered our standards just when they were needed most.
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Jim Fossel: Republicans should be the party of local control
But the party of small government is all too willing to interfere on the municipal level when it’s in their interest.
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Maine Voices: Defending Acadia against industrial-scale aquaculture
The nationally significant gift of Acadia National Park will be tarnished if American Aquafarms’ salmon farms are permitted.