As the waters start to recede, it ranks as the worst flood in Maine since 1987. At least four people are dead, and the damage is sure to measured in billions of dollars.
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Tom Waddell: Maine should end its funding of private schools altogether
The state doesn’t have to send public money to schools operated by Christian nationalists.
Our View: Remarkable population growth, remarkable opportunity for Maine
Big-picture changes in American life are playing into Maine’s strengths.
Opinion: Activist nuns aren’t likely to outduel Smith & Wesson
As a policy proposal, the idea might have merit. Legally, it’s a different story.
Community Compass: Waterville on the right path to addressing homelessness
We are at a tipping point for homelessness in Waterville. With the continued shortage of affordable housing, the end to COVID-era relief funding, and temperatures dropping steadily, we need to balance compassion and common sense in our response to supporting our unhoused residents. Waterville is an outlier when it comes to homelessness response. While many […]
Opinion: Rights of trans athletes need to be carefully defended
On a national level, the Biden administration needs to make stricter rules surrounding trans athletes – rules that will take away regional and political bias.
Commentary: What’s it like to be an average American?
One of the best ways to get a picture of a nation is through its numbers and, perhaps more importantly, its averages. But Americans like to believe that their nation is exceptional. And in some ways, it is. Yet what transpires on an “average day” for the “average person” tells a story that each of […]
Opinion: Maine needs to adopt state rules to clean up trucking pollution
More delays in adoption of Advanced Clean Trucks will shut Mainers out of years of valuable economic and health benefits.
Douglas Rooks: Destroying consensus is easier than building it
The recent death of Sandra Day O’Connor recalls the seemingly lost art of consensus-building. As the many appreciations appropriately noted, she was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and the last justice to hold elective office. O’Connor was Ronald Reagan’s initial high court pick. Later judicial selections by Reagan and his […]
Maine Compass: The public menorah lighting has special importance this year
As we face a newfound opportunity to double down on who we are as Jews, we will win the battle against darkness by spreading the light.