The new state senator – and Black organic farmer – stood out for reasons that resonate through U.S. history.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bill Nemitz: Coming soon to a recliner near me – my much-missed grandsons
Among its many benefits, the COVID-19 vaccine spells the end of outdoor ‘leg hugs.’
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Maine Voices: Maine has history of withholding treatment from inmates. COVID is no exception
As a doctor who serves on one jail’s Board of Visitors says, ‘No one should be sentenced to lack of health care.’
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UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy: Positives in pandemics – Extension’s role grows during COVID-19 crisis
Extension created resources to help Maine farmers and consumers and developed the capacity to analyze rapid COVID tests, while 4-H launched programs to engage with youth online.
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Another View: State moved too fast in recommending dam removal
The Maine Department of Marine has released a proposed amendment to their plan for the Kennebec River as it relates to Atlantic Salmon. Among other things, the plan calls for the elimination of two dams and the consideration of eliminating two others. The public has an opportunity to comment on this plan and I submitted […]
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George Smith: Wild crops abound to harvest, put up as we fall toward winter
Longtime columnist George Smith, whose work filled this space every Wednesday for three decades, died Feb. 12. For the next several weeks, we will reprint some of George’s best columns. Here’s one from Oct. 19, 2011. Warblers arrive in the spring garbed in colorful clothing, but they head back south in the fall dressed in […]
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Commentary: U.S. vaccine hoarding is alienating the world
The world had hoped ‘America First’ would end when Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as president. It hasn’t.
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Scholars Strategy Network: Why Maine needs L.D. 2
This bill would require the Legislature to assess the potential racial impact, however unintended, of any act the legislature passes.
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Sen. Matt Pouliot: No need for limit on charter schools
State law is filled with assurances that these schools will succeed and help Maine students.
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Maine Voices: I’m a longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center, and I don’t support a union
Why would we pay dues that would give us benefits we already have and make the patient a secondary consideration?