Since the program was established in 2011, it has helped dozens of missing older Mainers get home. But we don’t know a lot more about its effectiveness.
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: Every Maine community has to pitch in on affordable housing
At a time of skyrocketing rents and home prices, residents have a responsibility to support more construction.
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Our View: Bipartisan budget invests in Maine’s future
Lawmakers on Wednesday should give the $8.5 billion two-year spending plan the votes it needs to pass into law immediately.
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Our View: Close youth detention center Long Creek the right way
Gov. Mills was right to veto a bill that adds unnecessary risk to the plan to close Maine’s only youth prison.
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Our View: Maine should prepare for the next wave of browntail moths
There were clear signs that a huge, harmful infestation was coming this summer, but the state clearly wasn’t ready.
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Our View: Maine student ‘cubesat’ competition part of growing industry
Middle and high schoolers who created their own mini-satellites will put them to the test this weekend. Future launches are sure to come.
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Our View: By coming out, NFL player sends a powerful message
The announcement by Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman with the Las Vegas Raiders, should come as comfort to others going through the same thing.
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Our View: Leaked data reveals tax code rigged toward the rich
Any conversation about how this country should meet its significant challenges must include collecting a fair share of taxes from the wealthiest Americans.
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Our View: Maine prescription drug bills offer relief to stressed families
The proposals would help limit the constant price increases, which cost Mainers in more ways than one.
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Our View: Maine drug laws only making bad situation worse
Treating substance use disorder as a moral failure to be punished is costly both in lives and tax dollars.