Support for Denise Tepler Denise Tepler for Maine state Senate! Where would we find someone more qualified than Denise to step in as a successor to Eloise Vitelli (who is stepping down due to term limits)? She has served the Town of Topsham for eight years as a representative in the Legislature, thus giving her […]
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Sustainable Practice: Garbage-free households
More than half of the garbage we’re currently burying in landfills or burning — all food scraps, paper, cardboard, yard trimmings and wood, we can sustainably compost instead. You are, therefore, making progress in your household on the pathway to sustainability when you collect compostable materials, actually compost them, and keep all organic waste out […]
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The Maine Idea: Golden marches to different drummer
Ordinarily, a three-term congressman from Maine would have little trouble winning another term. After six years, voters have settled in and, barring scandal, return incumbents with regularity. But Jared Golden is making it interesting. Maine’s 2nd District Democrat does stand on contested ground, with Donald Trump carrying the district in both 2016 and 2020. Golden […]
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Just a Little Old: Trying to find common ground
In last week’s column I wrote about Andersonville, the horrific Confederate prison used to house Union prisoners during the Civil War. Some commentators have suggested that the nation is almost as polarized today as it was back in the days leading up to the Civil War. At the very least, we must try to find […]
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Elwood Watson: JD Vance couldn’t be more wrong about parenthood
One can only wonder about JD Vance’s peculiar and freakish obsession with people who do not have children. The Ohio senator and Republican vice presidential candidate has disturbingly targeted women who are absent of biological offspring as “childless cat ladies” (apparently being an adoptive parent or stepparent does not qualify) and perversely stated child-free Americans […]
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Michael Reagan: Smart parents can prevent school shootings
“He was on our radar.” How many times have we heard that after a mass shooting at a high school or a shopping mall? We heard it for the umpteenth time again this week after a disturbed 14-year-old kid in Georgia took a rifle to school and killed two students, two teachers, and injured nine […]
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Another View: A federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is poverty pay. It’s time to raise it.
It’s hard to imagine how an adult can pay for housing, food, health care and transportation on a full-time minimum wage salary of $15,000 a year.
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Letters to the editor: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, support for Denise Tepler
Get checked this Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Twenty years ago, I learned from my PSA test that it looked like I may have an aggressive level of cancer cells in my prostate. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and I encourage all men to take a simple blood test to check on the health of […]
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Giving Voice: Harvesting growth, connection and purpose
Throughout my time working with Merrymeeting Gleaners, I have learned and gained so much. I’ve learned about farming, relationship building, networking, teamwork, how to deadlift, recipes, how to identify so many strange vegetables, and alternative ways to decrease food waste. I’ve improved my knife skills in the kitchen, realized the importance of having a purpose, […]
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Dick Polman: The many, many abortion positions of Donald Trump
It’s the most perilous circus act of all time: An overweight wacko is trying to keep his balance by waddling on a high wire. That’s Donald Trump doing battle with the abortion issue. What a spectacle it continues to be. At last count, he has taken four or five or six different positions. This is […]
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