Siobhan Brett

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Get used to uneasy times for winter recreation

by The Editorial Board January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Snow-starved seasons like this one have serious ramifications for Maine and the rest of the Northeast.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Free community college comes with upsides and downsides

by David R. Jones Special to the Press Herald January 10, 2023January 9, 2023

While more opportunity, more education and more support for underfunded institutions are good things, community colleges and other institutions must prepare for costs and other consequences.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Lying about climate change is now its own industry

by T. Nelson Thompson Special to The Baltimore Sun January 10, 2023January 9, 2023

Exxon, among other global fossil fuel giants, has canceled research projects and invested in the newer science of ‘spin.’

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Let’s make 2023 a year of economic development for all of Maine

by Jim Dinkle Special to the Press Herald January 10, 2023January 9, 2023

It’s time we bring the same types of career opportunities that exist in Cumberland County to the entire state.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Weathering the ice storm of ’98 as CMP spokesman

by Mark Ishkanian Special to the Press Herald January 9, 2023January 8, 2023

The strongest memory I have from those cold, exhausting days was the kindness of neighbors helping each other and utility crews working long hours in unbearable conditions to restore power.

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: Dangerous dip in vaccine confidence puts kids at risk

by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board January 9, 2023January 8, 2023

So many parents are opting out of childhood measles immunizations that public health officials now consider this preventable disease an imminent threat in every region of the world.

Opinion

Maine Voices: Five Mainers reflect on the ice storm of 1998

January 8, 2023January 7, 2023

When I think of the ice storm, two things come first and prominently to mind. First was enduring a week without running water. We could manually flush by taking off the porcelain toilet tank lid and pouring buckets of water into the toilet tank. But that procedure meant filling many plastic gallon milk jugs at […]