Recent disconnect notices that contradict state law are but the latest example of a utility that’s in the dark.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Compass: Aquaculture benefits waterfront communities
A group seeking to restrict offshore leases is starting a feud among interests that should be working together.
Maine Compass: Climate change, not CMP project, is the real enemy
Warming temperatures are a bigger threat to brook trout than a transmission line.
Maine Compass: Time for students to occupy the classroom, demand fair pay for adjunct teachers
Part-time professors create courses, give lectures, spend hours grading and help students think critically – but they’d make more in fast food.
George Smith: A column sure to offend everyone
Here’s some praise for politicians across the spectrum.
Scholars Strategy Network: Getting by with less and less
Inflation inequality means that policymakers likely underestimate the number of people living in poverty.
Maine Compass: Bath Iron Works is upholding its end of the deal
A former state senator argues that the company is more than meeting the hiring goals imposed when it received a tax break.
Union official: BIW doesn’t need subcontractors to stay competitive
After getting pay concessions and tax breaks, the company should be ready to fulfill its obligation to the U.S. defense manufacturing sector.
Maine Compass: In Dr. King’s vision, create ‘a beloved community’
We should keep Martin Luther King Jr. Day front and center in our lives, every day, every year.
Bill Nemitz: He tried to save the world but could not save himself
Dave Bakis spent 12 years traveling through 40 countries to help kids in need. Then, just before Christmas, he took his own life.