After a tough year, Maine schools should take a break for storms, even if remote learning makes that unnecessary.
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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The arrival of a vaccine gives hope, but cases are surging and hospitals are struggling.
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Our View: After-school meals programs another way to help hungry kids
The programs are the next logical step after lunch and breakfast service, but they need to reach more students.
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Our View: Maine astronaut reaches beyond her childhood dreams
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Our View: Maine Legislature right to expand public access to meetings
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Our View: Esports shows gaming can be more than idle activity
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Our View: Bipartisan relief proposal better than nothing for struggling Americans
The $908 billion package unveiled Tuesday is not nearly enough, but people need help now.
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Our View: Climate change putting winter recreation on thin ice
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Our View: Millions of Americans going hungry this winter
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