Many smaller, solar-produced electricity projects have been built in Maine in response to the Legislature passing our Net Energy Billing law in 2019. This law provides payments to increase the profitability of small solar projects under 5 kilowatts. Solar projects in between clover leaves on Route 95 will provide much of the electricity for Maine […]
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Harpswell Coastal Academy heads to auction
Harpswell Coastal Academy hopes to sell its building and campus at a public auction at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 10. “An auction will allow us to wind up the sale of the property efficiently, and without undue time delay,” said Cynthia Shelmerdine, chair of the Harpswell Coastal Academy Board of Directors. The May 10 […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A Baxter State Park winter expedition, Part III — final adventures
Since several of us had completed three arduous mountain hikes, skiing was the primary focus for the majority of our group on the fifth day of our six-day Baxter State Park winter expedition. We had been residing in the bunkhouse at South Branch Pond in the northeastern sector of the park during that timeframe, and […]
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The Conversation: Anti-mifepristone court decisions rely on medical misinformation about abortion and questionable legal reasoning
THE CONVERSATION — An early April 2023 decision by a U.S. district judge in Texas to reverse 23 years of approval of the abortion pill mifepristone has sparked explosive debate. Mifepristone is a medicine that blocks the receptors for the hormone progesterone, which is needed for fetal development. It is part of a two-step medication abortion regimen […]
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Brunswick school officials defend budget plan
The Brunswick School Department’s proposed $52.9 million budget represents a 7% increase over the current one and would raise property taxes 4.8%.
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Letters to the editor: Backing Pine Tree Power; the popular vote; and a new use for our remains
Maine families need Pine Tree Power In November 2022, my family welcomed a beautiful new baby to the world. Since then, we have also been welcoming something less joyous every month — sky-high electric bills from Central Maine Power, peaking at over $700 for January with our electric heating. That’s with us keeping the thermostat […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Democrats find a way to win
Things are not going well for the Democrats. GOP states unravel their policies, from abortion to education. Their voters are blocked. Courts legislate away their core policies. Republicans exploit apparent deadlock to threaten or even reverse a system that had mistakenly been thought to be permanent. The Democrats are on their back foot, as the […]
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Danny Tyree: What else needs a baseball pitch clock?
My brother, the former Babe Ruth Leaguer, remains deeply skeptical of Major League Baseball’s newly instituted pitch clock. He is not alone in regarding the sport’s leisurely pace as an integral part of its charm. But many analysts cheer any attempt to trim the bloated runtime of modern games. “Field of Dreams” leaves older fans […]
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Just a Little Old: It was not a sad day for America
Many news pundits have referred to the indictment of former Donald Trump as “a sad day for America,” because a former president had never been indicted before. I beg to differ. Let me explain. It was a truly sad day for America when millions of Americans voted for a man like Donald Trump to be […]
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Christine Flowers: Prosecuting political foe not the direction US wants to go
I once had a client from a country where the instability of the government led to widespread chaos. He had supported a candidate who was running against the president in a hotly contested election and was severely beaten because of his affiliation with the perceived “enemy of the state.” He lost his job, his money, […]
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