Strong statewide policy using masks, vaccinations and regular testing can keep students and the community safe.
Ben Bragdon
Staff Writer
Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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Our View: Another winter, another COVID surge coming to Maine
All signs say that infections will rise, and it is the low-vaccination areas that will take the hardest hit.
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Our View: We don’t have to put up with high heating bills
Household aid and energy efficiency can help right away, but long-term investments in clean energy are necessary to lower costs.
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Our View: Historic infrastructure bill will bolster communities, improve lives
The more than $1 trillion package makes long-overdue investments in transportation, clean water and high-speed internet.
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Our View: Post-COVID, let’s build schools that work for everyone
The pandemic revealed longstanding inequities and left many students behind. It’s a challenge for schools, but also an opportunity.
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Our View: After decisive vote, power line construction should halt – at least for now
The future of the project is now further in doubt, and work should stop until it is resolved.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: After decisive vote, power line construction should halt – at least for now
The future of the project is now further in doubt, and work should stop until it is resolved.
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Our View: Eighteen months into pandemic, health care workers still answering the call
A relative few refused to take the vaccine. The rest will be left to deal with COVID, as they have since early 2020.
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Our View: Reforming child protection system just part of the answer
To really help kids and their families, we need to ask bigger questions about why so many need it.
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Our View: Give young hunters more time in the woods
Youth Deer Day gives kids time to hunt without the pressure of competing with adults, just not enough.