The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine teamed up to host the U.S. Senate debate on September 11 at 7:00 p.m. The Press Herald opinion columnists then joined up via Zoom Join for a panel discussion.
Bill Nemitz is the award-winning metro columnist for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has been writing about Maine news and Maine people for more than 40 years.
Jim Fossel is a conservative activist and political observer who lives in Gardiner. He has been writing his column about Maine and the nation in the Telegram since 2017.
Victoria Hugo-Vidal, The Maine Millennial, adds her unique voice and observations of life as a young adult making her way in the nation’s oldest state. Her columns appear each Sunday in the Telegram.
Read The Maine Millennial.
Greg Kesich has been the editorial page editor for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2011. He weighs in each week under his own byline with “The View From Here” column.
Read “The View From Here”.
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