The state needs to use the coming weeks to figure out how to balance concerns over public health and the well-being of its biggest industry.
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Masks another chance to do something for the greater good
Even more than physical distancing, wearing a face covering is about helping others.
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Our View: Consider what we don’t know about COVID-19
We shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the early response to the novel coronavirus, which was sunk in part by flawed information.
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Our View: Maine’s smaller food producers need access to aid
The USDA should make sure its recently announced program reaches everyone who needs it.
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Our View: Most Mainers support doing the right thing to stop COVID
The vast majority of residents know that social distancing is helping to save lives.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Poverty is harmful, in and out of widespread emergencies
Robust assistance programs are needed now, and after the outbreak goes away.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sportsman’s Alliance director: Mainers’ health, safety focus of decision to keep gun shops open
They are small businesses that can easily implement policies meant to prevent the spread of COVID.
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Our View: Outbreak no excuse for shutting out Maine’s public
The Mills administration held private briefings with legislators, robbing the public of its right to know what its government is doing.
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Our View: Months in, lack of COVID-19 testing still holding us back
The U.S. does not yet have even the capacity to test vulnerable facilities, and it will need a lot more than that to safely reopen the economy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Keeping public spaces open in a time of outbreaks
Officials should plan now on ways to keep beaches and parks open in the summer and fall, even if physical distancing is still required.