Officials must take steps now to protect Mainers who can’t go home right now.
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: ‘Food shaming’ law one step in fight against hunger
Free school meals should be available for all students.
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Our View: Everyone has a role to play in limiting spread of coronavirus
It’s time for Mainers to show what good neighbors we are.
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Our View: Clear, complete communication needed in outbreak
As testing in Maine ramps up, the state CDC rebounds after initially falling short.
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Our View: Transparency, oversight necessary for police use of high-tech surveillance
In Maine, police say they don’t even have to tell us whether they are using facial recognition, much less how they guard against misuse.
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Our View: Maine news by the numbers – math makes case for pessimism
A look at the figures behind the headlines on affordable housing, state business incentives and disadvantaged students.
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Our View: Maine’s medical marijuana market is working just fine
As the recreational market comes into focus, lawmakers should resist efforts to fix what isn’t broken with the market for therapeutic cannabis.
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Our View: Prepare for coronavirus with common sense, clean hands
To reduce your risk of getting sick, wash up, get a flu shot and don’t touch your face. And no, you don’t need a mask.
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Our View: Pollution near Maine schools more than idle threat
Poor air quality has been shown to affect student health and achievement.
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Our View: Benefits should reflect sacrifices of Maine’s crime analysts
To ensure justice for others, they deal with disturbing evidence of the ugliest crimes our state sees.