Maine voices
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PublishedOctober 20, 2022
Maine Voices: Landlords are not passive tools of ‘the economy.’ Vote yes on Portland’s Question C.
The ballot question on tenant protections defends vulnerable people from the speculative ‘free market’ and the whims of landlords.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
Maine Voices: On childhood terrors and real dangers
Because the brinksmanship of the Cuban missile crisis played a large role in my childhood, I have a hard time thinking of nuclear annihilation as an abstract idea.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2022
Maine Voices: The Portland section of I-295 should be replaced
Building passenger rail to replace I-295 through Portland would create spaces to walk, bike and enjoy the city’s offerings.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2022
Maine Voices: A boomerang reconsiders what ‘from here’ means
Gift economies occur within stable clans and exchange economies characterize relationships among transient people.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2022
Maine Voices: The long goodbye – my family, my father and Alzheimer’s
The disease’s progression tests our ties, but maybe a cure is in the pipeline so other families will not have to endure what we and many millions of others do each day.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2022
Maine Voices: From billboards to bottles, policies speak volumes about how we want to live
In big ways and small, life really is different here in Maine. It’s up to us to keep it that way.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2022
Maine Voices: A pandemic casualty: The funeral services that allowed us to mourn
There is no substitute for gathering in person – it can knit us, emotionally, as one.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2022
Maine Voices: We have a rare opportunity to improve local libraries
A Senate appropriations bill includes $20 million in federal funding for library buildings nationally.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2022
Maine Voices: Open your eyes: Domestic abuse is all around us
More than half the time when I mention domestic abuse to someone in Maine, they tell me they too were terrorized by someone they loved, or that this happened to their mother, grandmother, sister or daughter.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2022
Maine Voices: Students think globally with help from Camden Conference
Through the nonprofit, I’ve discovered how to relate what I’ve learned in the Arctic to life in Maine in ways that are meaningful to the young people I teach.
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