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Commentary: Biosolids facility is a stopgap to Maine’s PFAS crisis, not a solution

by Jeanee Dudley September 1, 2023August 31, 2023

Our state should seize a unique chance to flip this crisis into opportunity – and serve as a leader in technologies for addressing PFAS.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: The pandemic that coronavirus uncovered

by Bruce Patterson August 31, 2023August 30, 2023

In many people, long COVID may actually be ‘long Lyme,’ and better diagnosis and treatment of both diseases are vital – especially in Maine, with the nation’s highest Lyme rate.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Calling out activism’s free pass for Russia and China

by Gary Anderson August 30, 2023August 29, 2023

Demanding an end to war and planetary harm without uniformly protesting all participants is just playing the part of yet another antagonist.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: The hazards to a military recruit’s health are the enemies they can’t see

by Don Kimball August 30, 2023August 29, 2023

The military suicide epidemic underscores the need to rein in ever-expanding operations that are killing innocent civilians and causing PTSD among stressed and overextended U.S. forces.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: To invest in immigrant pupils is to invest in the future

by The Editorial Board August 30, 2023August 30, 2023

A big effort by Maine schools to accommodate English language learners will have a big return for their communities.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Maine’s business leaders must be mindful of back-to-school pressures

by Kate Emery McCarthy August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

September is a challenging month for parents of school-age children. Employers would do well to take that into account.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Douglas Rooks: The stark contrast in style of two young Maine Democrats

by Douglas Rooks August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden has stirred up a late-summer kerfuffle with a social media post concerning his earlier vote against President Biden’s student loan debt relief package. Maine’s 2nd District representative was one of only two House Democrats to oppose the plan — later struck down by the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority — and he was, […]