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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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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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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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Maine Voices: Are you proud of what Portland has become?
Our community is now recognized as one of the most livable small cities in New England and nationwide. Existing local governance got it there.
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Maine Voices: Don’t dismiss fish farms’ threat to our state’s coastal waters
Based on the risks to water quality and sea life, an application for two 60-acre salmon farms off Bar Harbor should be rejected.
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Maine Voices: Kennebec River dam debate hijacked by red herring
Fish passage proponents have agreed to a solution that preserves access to adequate water for the Sappi paper mill. It’s now a question of commitment, engineering options and funding.
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Maine Voices: Modernizing U.S. foreign farmworker system isn’t just right – it’s critical
Farmers like us need multi-season access to the same highly skilled workers. Workers need that stability, too.
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Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders
Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.
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Maine Voices: Let’s make sure Portland doesn’t Roux the day
Northeastern University’s Roux Institute will benefit Portland and Maine. Disagreement on the campus plan shouldn’t stand in its way.