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Jim Fossel: Red tape tying up Aroostook County students
A minor error has put a valuable program in jeopardy — common sense must prevail.
Maine Compass: Maine should lead the way in modernizing child care and elderly services
The universal family care bill before the Legislature would address many issues facing the system.
Don Roberts: Bill O’Reilly becomes next casualty of culture war
An orchestrated plan brings down a real warrior for traditional values.
Maine Compass: Too many immigration myths
The discussion of this complex issue should be based on facts.
Community Compass: Keep Waterville wonderful
The city’s public institutions are doing well, but they need the state to hold up its end.
Ken Young: Vote no on Hallowell bond
The council should have separated the questions out in the first place.
Maine Compass: Maine should lead the way in modernizing child care and elderly services
The universal family care bill before the Legislature would address many issues facing the system.
Maine Compass: Bill to make hunting a constitutional right would silence public
Making hunting, trapping and fishing a constitutional right would take away citizens’ rights.
Maine Compass: Rising infant mortality rates point to big problems in northern Maine
Some rural counties in the state have numbers similar to places like Romania, Croatia and Botswana.