Property valuations often don’t reflect realities for year-round working families in communities like Biddeford.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Let’s not wait around for another mass shooting in Maine | Opinion
As a teacher at Lewiston High School, I want to keep my students safe. Voting for Question 2 in November is the way to do that.
Chime in on the proposed CMP rate hike | Opinion
This decision won’t be made in a corporate boardroom but by Maine’s Public Utilities Commission. When thousands of people speak up, regulators listen.
Food insecurity is a national shame | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
We live in the richest country in the world and a school food pantry is some families’ only hope for fresh fruits and vegetables? Seriously?
We can build community on an island. Why not nationally? | Opinion
I’ve found it’s hard to grow angry with a neighbor you’ll see again on the morning ferry.
Lessons from Portland schools’ digital detox | Opinion
As we approach the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, let’s all take a step back and look at what really matters.
Native plants make Maine more resilient | Nature Connects
Autumn is the best time to sow native seeds — an easy, affordable and effective way to support biodiversity and promote climate resilience in Maine.
Here’s why you can’t find a primary care physician in Maine | Opinion
You can’t find a doctor. I’m a doctor and I can’t find work.
What the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation got wrong | Opinion
The foundation’s ‘Storied Lands & Waters’ document fails to recognize the hundreds of immigrant families, including mine, whose sacrifices and labor built a lasting treasure.
We need to make sure Graham Platner goes to Washington | Opinion
The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate is pushing a notion of populism that aims to empower rather than to divide.