Vitelli for re-election Our region is so lucky that Eloise Vitelli is running for reelection to the Senate for our district! She has always been responsive, approachable and respectful in the interactions we have shared. In exercising her responsibilities as moderator of our annual town meeting over the years, she has skillfully balanced the rights […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: If reelected to Maine’s Legislature, I will scratch and claw to strengthen a woman’s right to choose
The U.S. Constitution ought to adopt an Equal Rights Amendment. The Maine Constitution must, too.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: From billboards to bottles, policies speak volumes about how we want to live
In big ways and small, life really is different here in Maine. It’s up to us to keep it that way.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling before America hits the fiscal brink
The debt ceiling has routinely been raised over the years, a process that used to be uncontroversial. In today’s deeply divided Congress, that has changed.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion, Uncategorized
Letters to the editor: Candidate endorsements; Bath needs a new firehouse
Teel is the real dealI am voting for Brogan Teel, a new candidate for Maine Senate District 23 (Brunswick, Chebeague Island, Freeport, Harpswell, Pownal and Yarmouth). In the last six months, my wife and I have met Brogan Teel at no less than seven events affiliated with at least four different organizations. One thing that […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Conversation: Hurricane hunters flew through Ian’s powerful winds to forecast intensity – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm
THE CONVERSATION — As Hurricane Ian intensified on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters were in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can’t and send them to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Jason Dunion, […]
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Another View: The public shouldn’t have to sue to get public information
The Freedom of Information Act remains a powerful but flawed law, with disclosure from some agencies coming only after legal action.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens
The state’s tribes are still waiting for access to rights and benefits enjoyed by hundreds of tribes across the nation.
Posted inOp-eds
Maine Observer: Doing my bit to fight the fires of 1947
I was drafted to help the fires that ravaged parts of the state, but we had no idea of what was in store for us.
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Insight: Defeat by delay: A tale of clean energy and dirty money
The next hearing in the NECEC case won’t take place until April. Maine should not allow the national oil and gas industry to stall clean-energy development.