Mothers who wanted to avoid the overmedicalization of birth could labor in a home-like setting, with experienced caregivers and an OR nearby if something went wrong, recalls a nurse who worked there.
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Maine Voices: Pine Tree Power is key to addressing climate change, lowering electric rates
Pine Tree Power would invest in renewable energy, increased reliability and improved customer service, because this is what Maine people want.
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Maine Voices: Yearning for unity in my adopted country
As I get older, I find it frustrating to witness the gradual erosion of the trust Americans reserved for their government and their pride in their democracy and rule of law.
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Maine Voices: The best part of our Maine summers are the Maine stories
This one goes out to Ada.
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Maine Voices: Remember the inestimable power of a good and caring teacher
From a portable classroom on the grounds of Sanford High School, Bill Ferguson – Ferg or Fergie, to his students – showed me the light.
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Maine Voices: What I’ve learned from having Ronna McDaniel as a penpal
I owe the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee a debt of gratitude.
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Maine Voices: How can climate denialism withstand these extreme weather events?
The whole East Coast lies in a meteorological shooting gallery for hurricanes. And yet.
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Maine Voices: Prostate cancer is ‘the good cancer’ – or is it?
More American men are being diagnosed at advanced stages, when it’s more deadly. But it doesn’t have to be that way – step up, inform yourself and talk to your health care provider.
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Maine Voices: Pine Tree Power critics have vastly exaggerated CMP’s, Versant’s likely cost
Federal filings, Maine law and regulations and the current market for public utility assets do not support the $13.5 billion figure cited in opponents’ ads.
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Maine Voices: Our state can do better for children and juvenile justice
Consider New Hampshire as a model for supporting older children.