L.D. 1501 provides a way for the dental profession and our state to protect all children from preventable dental disease.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Before you report my young Black children to police, let’s talk
The lives of young people of color are at stake because adults are afraid to have conversations with each other.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: We should move heaven and earth to keep our kids alive. But we don’t.
You are our children, and we love you very much. But the killing of a 3-year-old at his own birthday party is just the most recent evidence that we love guns even more.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: All Maine young people deserve access to our state’s natural landscape
H.P. 1087 sets us on a course toward equitable access to the outdoors for all Maine youth, regardless of the resources of their school, community or family.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Five fun things your kids can do in the garden right now
Garden plan and journal: Daydream and draw your 2021 garden. Give your child some seed catalogues, a notebook and glue stick and have your child make a 2021 Garden Plan Journal. Plant outside: Peas and radishes are a great pair to plant with kids. Pea seeds are big, making them easy for little hands to […]
Posted inLocal & State
Maine bill aims to address racial disparity in prenatal care
Democratic State Sen. Anne Carney, of Cape Elizabeth, cited a study that found the infant mortality rate among children of Black women in Maine was 1.4 times higher than that of white women in the state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A trio of Maine-themed books to celebrate Maine’s 200th birthday-plus-one
Chickadees, Chester and chowder – all present and accounted for.
Posted inBooks, Review
Forced by poverty to retreat to the Maine woods, a spirited young girl comes into her own
In ‘Echo Mountain,’ the remarkable Ellie gains new skills and undertanding.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Tucked into Biden’s COVID-19 proposal: A push to cut child poverty in half
The idea has been debated in Congress for nearly two decades during which lawmakers have taken incremental steps to give more help to low-income families with children.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
New pediatric infusion center to be built in Scarborough
The Sam L. Cohen Foundation is donating millions of dollars to create a new pediatric infusion center.