Tuesday is national Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Community Compass: Waterville school system faces great risk
If we don’t invest in our children, we will lose our city.
Maine Voices: Capitalizing on value of diversity in Portland schools requires investment
But funding programs to reduce achievement gaps will take a commitment from the community.
Amy Calder: Where do you start when you’re down and out?
Although Clifford Perkins works hard, he leaves when he gets stressed out and now sleeps in the woods at Head of Falls; but he does know the first thing he needs: insurance, writes Amy Calder.
Jim Fossel: Trump puts Iran, North Korea on notice
By pulling out of the nuclear agreement with Iran, the president opens a new era of negotiation.
Maine Compass: Finding the next Hugh J. Chisholm
Chisholm helped pull people out of poverty. How will we support his successor?
Maine Compass: She had to be both a mother and a father
A Waterville resident reflects on his single-parent mother, who did it all.