While the world feels more divided than ever, Mainers are continuing to find common ground on the trail.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Maine must overcome clean energy opposition, gridlock
The transition will require bold leadership and concerted action.
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Hilary Koch: Joey Chestnut and a frank discussion about plant-based foods
For the sake of our planet, we need to make healthier choices, writes the columnist.
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Maine Compass: Maine’s lakes feeling effects of climate change now more than ever
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: 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.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel, Op-Eds
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.
Posted inElection 2024, Op-Eds, Opinion, Politics
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.