Meteorologists are better than ever, but they still can’t tell you if a weather event will reach a specific house.
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Maine Voices: Picturing Macon Bolling Allen – the mysterious disappearance of a trailblazer’s portrait
The nation’s first Black lawyer was admitted to the bar in Maine. The fate of a ‘fine oil painting’ of him, once housed at the Cumberland County Courthouse, is unknown.
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Maine Voices: We must hold hospitals, government accountable on health care costs
We’ve won the right to know prices – now we need robust enforcement, meaningful penalties and full disclosure.
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Maine Voices: ‘D’ is for diphtheria, which still infects thousands
Working in a field hospital in a refugee camp gives a Maine doctor a glimpse of the world before there was widespread use of vaccines.
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Maine Voices: COVID isolation fuels hidden health crisis – falls in older Mainers
The weather forecast has forced the postponement of risk assessment and reduction events planned for this weekend in South Portland, but they will be rescheduled.
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Maine Voices: The more things change, the more they stay the same – or do they?
Unlike the Egyptians in 1177 B.C., we have the science and technology to mitigate the climate crisis, as long as we have the political will.
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Maine Voices: Either we change and adapt to COVID, or we sicken and die of it
We have the ability to consciously alter the course of natural selection, but too many of us still are choosing to do what we’ve always done.
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Maine Voices: The teachers who make a difference
Did you have a ‘Mrs. Krikorian’ – an educator who looked past your surface and saw your potential?
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Maine Voices: Pandemic fallout could erode long-term stability of low-income renters
A survey has elicited clear and compelling insights that Maine policymakers would be wise to listen to.
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Maine Voices: Calling high school volunteers for local food security programs
With increased youth involvement, we can strengthen nutrition access for all students and families across Cumberland County.