Maine’s governor seems hesitant to call a special session. She should reconsider.
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Giving Voice: Providing mental health support for our community’s fishermen
This spring, Oasis Free Clinics Executive Director Anita Ruff approached me in the doorway of my office, saying, “Hey! I have a great opportunity!” Anyone who knows Anita knows the light in her eyes that accompanies statements such as these. As the mental health coordinator at the clinic, I have grown to look forward to […]
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Douglas Rooks: Polls don’t decide elections — we do
As we contemplate the upcoming election, the word that occurs is “dread” – not a good way to be approaching decisions that will shape our lives for years to come. The American economy has proven surprisingly resilient, post-pandemic – better off than those of other nations in Europe and Asia. Inflation remains high, but the […]
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Tom Purcell: Our wild debt party is over
Gosh, I hate debt. I’ve been in and out of debt from time to time. When I was younger I took out a car loan for a nice set of wheels that I really couldn’t afford. I borrowed money I didn’t have to buy a really nice stereo system, too. A few years after becoming […]
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Leonard Pitts: So many seem to be having so much fun being loud and proud about their hate
It’s enough to make you wonder whether someone’s put something in the national water supply.
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Letters to the editor: Cunningham for Bowdoinham Select Board; Reasons for hope
Cunningham for Bowdoinham Select Board I am writing in support of Wendy Cunningham for the Board of Selectmen in Bowdoinham. I have known Wendy personally for over 35 years here in Bowdoinham. Wendy previously served on the Board of Selectmen, including 2 years as Board Chair. She has a commonsense approach to solving problems, especially […]
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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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Our View: Wabanaki past and present an integral part of the Maine story
A new report shows that a 20-year-old Maine law mandating Indigenous studies is not being followed.
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Commentary: Fostering community key to solving Maine youth mental health crisis
It’s up to us to make the young people in our cities and towns feel that they matter.
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Christine Flowers: Women in many other nations fear for their lives
As I write this, the clock is ticking. I have exactly six more hours in the Facebook gulag, the last stretch of a weeklong sentence imposed by the invisible community police after I reposted a picture of Iranian women being beaten in the streets of Tehran, and added my own caption: “Ladies, burn those pink […]