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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The View From Here: Golden’s ‘Mr. Smith’ stand is not helping
If Democrats can’t find a way to trust each other, this movie is not going to have a happy ending.
Bill Nemitz: The school is long gone, but its playground rises again
Luke Plummer of Buxton needed an Eagle Scout project. He found one – and then some.
Maine Voices: Helping children with disabilities is part of David Flanagan’s lesser-known legacy
As he faces his toughest battle yet, he’s still dedicating his energy to bettering lives via the Augusta-based Children’s Center.
The Maine Millennial: Utah case documents how we keep failing domestic violence victims
The scenes we can see in Gabby Petito’s social media posts are repeated everywhere.
Jim Fossel: Some pandemic crisis measures should be permanent
Local governments in Portland and Falmouth illustrate how – and how not to – navigate the new reality.
Maine Compass: Kennebec dams good for Maine’s economy
Forcing the removal of the dams would hurt the effort to maintain critical traditional industries, the president of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce writes.
Maine Voices: It’s time to close Long Creek, end youth incarceration
The state’s scramble to rebrand the institution can never heal the years of neglect and abuse that it has caused.
Sen. Mattie Daughtry: Reproductive freedom is a human right
Maine will not move backward when it comes to a person’s right to access abortion and control their own body.
Commentary: Pushed to retire and to keep earning, older Americans face a peculiar vise
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