The past few years have reinforced the importance of high-quality public space, especially for families who cannot escape the confines of Portland.
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Commentary: To protect the free speech of all Maine voters, we must take action now
No other state in the country has such a strong tradition of ordinary citizens standing up for our rights as voters against big donors. That energy must be sustained in 2023.
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Giving Voice: How Mid Coast Hunger Prevention makes its food do the most good
Food donations to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from a pallet of in-season excess from a farm partner to boxes of items pulled from retail partners’ shelves to a can of soup delivered by a neighbor. In order for as much good as possible to be done with […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Judith Selzer: Death of Roe v. Wade sparked generation of abortion rights advocates
This Jan. 22, we should be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instead, our country is confronting a stark reality in which younger generations have fewer rights than the last and one in three Americans no longer have the right to safe, legal abortion in their home state. Anti-abortion forces want us to […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Carl Golden: Biden hands Trump a political gift
A constant in the political universe is the quest to occupy the moral high ground, that space that sets apart those with noble intentions and pure motives from those driven by craven desires in pursuit of personal gains. Unfortunately, the fall from the rarefied air floating above the moral high ground is steep, and the landing can […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Five people could control dollar’s role
Five people hold in their hands the fate of the dollar as the world’s standard currency. If they can do that, they could go a long way to boosting China in its competition with the U.S. They may also force the federal government into a partial shutdown. It won’t be able to keep its commitments […]
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Commentary: We are losing sight of layoffs’ devastating social toll
The mass layoff has become a routine budgetary strategy. That has very grave consequences for Americans.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: The snow day tradition should not be lost to Zoom
Want to build a snowman? I know I do.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Free repair and replacement are available to Maine consumers; here’s how
A ‘little-known’ Maine state law protects consumers against being sold defective goods within four years of sale. Until recently, I had no idea it existed.
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Commentary: EPA needs to move more quickly, forcefully to reach Biden’s climate goals
Thousands of lives could be saved every year if limits for a deadly air pollutant are made as low as possible.