For instance, transactions at Joe’s Smoke Shop aren’t necessarily for cigarettes, since Joe’s also sells food.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Turning Maine into region’s economic and environmental crown jewel
Switching our reliance from fossil fuels to renewable forms of energy would help preserve our quality of place.
A simple solution to LePage’s frustrating land bond holdup
Take the wood being cut along Interstate 295, turn it into firewood and give it to people in need.
Colby yields to increasingly secular society by eliminating prayers at commencement
Putting an end to to the dead tradition may do a service to us all.
Without fuel, prosperity engine won’t run
We need a brave politician to ask Mainers if they’d be willing to pay higher fuel tax to ensure roads and bridges maintained properly.
Roxanne Quimby’s story worth telling, whether you admire or revile her plans
Maine journalist has written biography of woman who would create a national park in North Woods.
Give your kids — and children of tomorrow — the gift of immunizations
Those not fully immunized are at risk for diseases that are unpleasant at best, and potentially deadly.
LePage’s actions could doom program to protect land for public use
Land for Maine’s future has saved recreational and natural areas from development.
Love is in the air over the State House — or at least a waft of collaboration
So far, issues haven’t been too tough, but those are coming soon.
I’m a veteran, and I hate it when someone says, ‘Happy Memorial Day’
The day is to honor those who died in service to their country, not to celebrate the ‘official start of summer.’