As everyone who was around the central Maine lakes this past winter and spring knows, they shed their ice blanket earlier than usual. That followed on the heels of a late ice-over and gave us the shortest period of ice cover in memory, at least on Salmon Lake, where I’ve kept records for the last […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: He may be off the field, but Brady still inspires
He no longer plays football, yet Pats fans still cling to the words of adopted New Englander Tom Brady.
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Maine Compass: The public has spoken. Let’s remove unnecessary Kennebec dams
We now have an opportunity to continue Maine’s proud tradition and restore miles of fish habitat.
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Maine Compass: A voice from Kennebec County’s past speaks to our social divides
More than 100 years ago, Robert Hallowell Gardiner III taught lessons that remain important today.
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Community Compass: Hallowell Water District has made progress on PFAS
A column on PFAS in the local water system contained misleading and erroneous statements, the Hallowell Water District board of trustees writes.
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Reporting Aside: The importance of a road in keeping us together
A December storm washed out a road in rural central Maine, making it impassable for months. When it reopened this week, residents got together for a celebration, Amy Calder writes.
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Douglas Rooks: Maine primary’s partisan fault lines grow wider
Striking polarization of the electorate makes it even less likely outside-the-numbers candidates can prevail, the columnist writes.
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Commentary: Election officials are heroes. Support them by becoming poll workers
Elections are the primary mechanism for Americans to communicate their ideas, priorities and values. As someone who closely studies civic engagement and elections, I’ve seen firsthand the crucial work that election administrators and poll workers do to make it possible for people to have a say in our system of self-governance. They are the faces […]
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Somerset County commissioner: Maine’s county government is a quiet workhorse
County government is a cost-effective and efficient form of government, a county official writes.
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Commentary: The Oceans Court ruled that the seas are a hot mess. Why haven’t you heard about it?
On May 21, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in Hamburg, Germany, ruled that greenhouse gases are marine pollutants and nations must take action to “reduce, control and prevent” their effects. The tribunal, sometimes called the Oceans Court, was responding to a request from a consortium of small island nations disappearing under […]