This time-tested form of technology isn’t vulnerable to severe weather and reaches underserved and rural communities in Maine and across the U.S.
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Tom Purcell: A day to honor our war dead
Every year, polls show that a large number of Americans don’t know why we celebrate Memorial Day. According to People, a 2020 Onepoll survey found that fewer than half of the 2,000 people surveyed knew that the purpose of Memorial Day was not to honor those who served in the armed forces but to honor […]
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Sen. Eloise Vitelli: Growing ‘the workforce behind the workforce’ by expanding pre-K and child care
Child care providers have the incredible duty of supporting children during their most crucial developmental stages. I began my career as a pre-K teacher, and I know firsthand the joy and challenges that come from teaching — and corralling — a room full of 4- and 5-year-olds. More than that, child care providers are the […]
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Just a Little Old: Thanks, CNN, we needed that
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Many people have suggested that it was outrageous for CNN to give Donald Trump a platform during the recent public forum in Manchester, New Hampshire. I strongly disagree. CNN did us a big favor by letting […]
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Gordon L. Weil: ‘No Labels’ party misleads voters
Voters seem to be worried about the leading presidential candidates. They worry about how far Donald Trump would go in departing from political norms. They worry simply about how far Joe Biden would go. Because both the former president and his successor appear highly likely to be the major party nominees, the election might not […]
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Peter Funt: Chatbots are speaking my language
In a much-anticipated chess match in February 1996, the world champion Garry Kasparov faced IBM’s Deep Blue, the most advanced chess-playing machine. Kasparov lost the first game but went on to win the match in Philadelphia, 4-2. It was humanity’s proudest moment in competition pitting man vs. machine. Fifteen months later in Manhattan, the two […]
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Letters to the editor: Abortion; town meeting
Mainer against late-term abortion I find it hard to believe that we have come to a time in our state when there is a bill in the Legislature to allow abortions at any time during a pregnancy. This to me is insanity. Saying that a baby is not an actual human being until after it […]
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Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers
A proposal for a state-level credit would put it into the hands of the people who need it most.
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Commentary: Maine’s new plan to keep kids safe by keeping families strong
Work on a four-pronged strategy informed by extensive public consultation can begin this year.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Doing our part to keep the alewife alive
A sixth-grader learns how the population is protected by the structures that the fish use to travel up Maine’s rivers each year to spawn in freshwater.
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