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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bill Nemitz: It’s spring – and the sticky notes are sprouting
A ‘gratitude wall’ at MaineHealth’s Scarborough Downs vaccination clinic is fast becoming a sign of the times.
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Commentary: How do we conquer vaccine skeptics? We listen
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Community Compass: Gardiner-area community wants to help youth thrive
Most Mainers are familiar with the tradition of barn raising, in which community members meet the challenge of building a barn by coming together to do the work collaboratively. Barn raisings aren’t nearly as common as they once were, but the tradition of community members uniting to build something lives on. A case in point […]
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Maine Voices: I am home – but I still don’t feel safe here
Amid increasing anti-Asian racism, a half-Chinese Portland resident wonders where she can go to fit in.
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Rep. Jared Golden: Health care reform just got harder
By using budget reconciliation to enact COVID relief in 2021, Democrats have set up a fight with Republicans over expiring subsidies in 2023.
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KVCC president: Year of struggle brings community together
COVID-19 has caused challenges and grieving, but it has also brought out our generosity and love.
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Waterville city councilor: Dam removal just one piece of complex conversation
What is needed is a clearly articulated vision for the future of the Waterville waterfront, Thomas Klepach writes.
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Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.
By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
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Maine Voices: Apologizing 101 – how to say ‘I’m sorry’ and mean it
In cases of abuse and harassment, any apology usually sidesteps culpability at a time when no-excuses contrition is what’s needed.