Congress showed it can act when it has to, but it must do a better job of targeting assistance.
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Maine Voices: History provides reality check to lumberjack’s romantic image
Many Maine woods workers in the early 20th century were tricked into taking jobs characterized by isolation and debt servitude.
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Maine Voices: Boeing’s Max is back – should you have reservations about making reservations?
The jury is still out whether the problems that killed 346 people aboard the Max have been fixed. Nonetheless, it will return to service Tuesday.
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Maine Voices: Deer hunting with Robert Frost, or what I’ve found in the woods
I haven’t brought home much venison since taking up the pastime at age 45, but it’s brought me closer to nature and my neighbors.
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Our View: COVID denial spreads like a virus
As cases are diagnosed in record numbers, some are still claiming that it’s no big deal.
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Commentary: Tehran is not looking for a war with America
But President-elect Joe Biden should make it clear that the U.S. is willing to respond to anything the Iranians are planning.
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Brenda E. Smith, Belfast: Turning the tables on the family prankster
My brother has a little unsolved mystery in his life. It has perplexed him for almost 25 years. I know the answer, but I won’t tell, and I hope you won’t either. In June 1995 he turned 40 years old. Back then, 40 was a dreaded milestone, a halfway marker in life. I wanted to […]
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Carole Cochran, Boothbay Harbor: Lights, camera – minus a few of the amenities
We were asked by my brother-in-law, a film producer in California, to be in a river trip movie on the West Coast. It was to be sponsored and paid for by a national river rafting company. Not having been on the Oregon coast, or on whitewater, or in a kayak, or in a movie, we […]
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Kym Dakin, Yarmouth: Stomping and roaring away from an unwelcome surprise
It’s the dawn of a new millennium. My daughter Skyler is 3. I’m … a lot older than that. And there we were at the kitchen table on a snowy morning mastering the art of Monster Feet. The day before, we had just seen the movie “Monsters Inc.,” so Sky was pretty charged up about […]
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Commentary: To boldly go where education in Maine has not gone before
High schoolers taking online early college classes from UMaine at Fort Kent will benefit from a collaboration that bridges education and emerging technologies.