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Maine Voices: Nothing could have prepared me for the northern lights
A well-timed phone call gave us a transformative experience.
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Maine Voices: Custody and care of unaccompanied minors must be a priority of our state
Although we know that Maine DHHS is struggling with funding and staffing, the refusal to take custody of at-risk youths is negligent, unacceptable – and easily solved.
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Maine Voices: Increased state funding for indigent defense is a starting point
Maine needs an organized system by which public defenders are trained, supervised, evaluated and deployed.
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Maine Voices: The snow day tradition should not be lost to Zoom
Want to build a snowman? I know I do.
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Maine Voices: Sen. King must rethink position on Wabanaki access to federal laws
He has not offered any solid, reasonable or well explained reasons for his opposition to the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act. Why?
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Maine Voices: Weathering the ice storm of ’98 as CMP spokesman
The strongest memory I have from those cold, exhausting days was the kindness of neighbors helping each other and utility crews working long hours in unbearable conditions to restore power.
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‘The storm nurtured a community spirit in Readfield’
Patty Stanton remembers melting snow to flush toilets and volunteering with the Lions Club at her local school.
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‘For the first time in my life, I had no idea where I would be sleeping that night’
Kathy MacLeod Hooke remembers staying over at a motel, at her workplace and in the home of a kind older couple.
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‘Hellish cannon-like crashing sounds occurred night after night’
Ray Wilson remembers the tall, thin birch trees suffering worst.