Officials need to work together to get through problems caused by COVID-19.
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: Sanford mayor’s comments a warning for everyone
In order to give students something close to a normal school year, community members are going to have to make sacrifices.
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Our View: New Togus program will allow for care closer to home
It should be the same for all veterans who are suffering from mental health and substance use problems.
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Our View: Aid for state, local governments should be part of relief package
Cuts to government programs and services could lengthen the COVID-caused recession.
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Our View: Outbreak at York County Jail a failure of leadership
Maine is once again reminded how quickly the novel coronavirus can spread from one place to another, ruining well-laid plans along the way.
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Our View: School meal waivers should be permanent
A universal meals program would improve students’ health and achievement.
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Our View: The many deaths from COVID-19 cannot be wished away
President Trump has no plan to stop the deaths from the novel coronavirus, so he’s trying to make them disappear.
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Our View: Challenges facing lobster industry should stay in the spotlight
The industry, besieged with short- and long-term struggles, got a lot of attention last week. That needs to continue when it’s not an election year.
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Our View: Millinocket wedding outbreak shows why COVID rules matter
Infections linked to one event have spread across the state.
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Our View: Under the right conditions, Maine high school athletes safe to take the field
In most cases, the benefits of a fall season outweigh the risks, though COVID will have the last word.