As another anything-but-normal school year looms, parents and guardians need to reach out for help – and give themselves a break.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: Listening to atomic bombing survivors’ stories is more important than ever
On the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, we must understand the effects of nuclear weapons and debate their role in our society.
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George Smith: Trying times for kids today
Teachers, parents and students are all in the midst of a difficult time.
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Maine Voices: Child care essential for families to go back to work, students to go back to school
For Maine’s reopening to succeed, providers should be supported in a way that reflects their importance.
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Mike Thibodeau: Independent-minded and bipartisan, Sen. Collins is nobody’s ‘stooge’
Mainers deserve an honest and fair campaign without the falsehoods being pushed on us from people from away.
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Maine Voices: BIW workers are pushed to settle, but no one’s making demands of General Dynamics
Calling for a more equitable sharing of General Dynamics/BIW profits takes political courage – unions alone can’t do it.
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Capt. Brian LeFebvre: Birthday is time to recognize Coast Guard’s key role in coastal Maine
Amid today’s pandemic-driven challenges, our can-do service culture – much like Maine’s Dirigo-rooted mentality – keeps us going.
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Maine Observer: Using census to ‘visit’ the past
As a present to a new grandchild, a writer collects a century of his family history.
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The Maine Millennial: Dad’s boxes tell a story
What do we choose to save? Old newspapers and a cryptic Post-it made the grade for the writer’s late father.