Justin Pearson, who graduated from Bowdoin College in 2017, was one of two Tennessee lawmakers ousted from office.
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Letters to the editor: Foreign money in elections; CMP corridor and climate change
Get foreign money out of elections Did you know that foreign governments and their entities can legally interfere in our election process? How? They are allowed to spend massive sums of money to promote their cause. Like most Mainers, prior to 2022, you would have assumed that this would violate election laws. That is the […]
Gordon L. Weil: Stormy case deserves thoughtful review, not hype
Stormy Daniels never thought she’d be so famous. Now, her alleged dalliance with Donald, the man who keeps reminding you he was President 45, has become the stuff of American history. Trump nails down his place in history as the first former president to face a criminal indictment. The indictment has unleashed the great American […]
Just a Little Old: Please pass the patience and kindness
“Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can. Seldom found in women, never found in man.” — Jonathan Morris When Tina thanks me for being patient while waiting for her to go somewhere, I often quip, “My middle name is patience.” She laughs because we both know that that’s far from true. Back in […]
Jase Graves: Urgent calls from college
Having two of my semi-grown daughters in college simultaneously has truly been an adventurous journey for our family – the kind where you enjoy amazing new experiences, but your expensive designer luggage gets stolen, and you have to request an extra air-sickness bag. For the first few months of their college lives, our daughters called […]
The Conversation: Reporting is not espionage — but history shows that journalists doing the former get accused of the latter
The detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia on espionage charges marks an unusual throwback to the old Soviet tactics for handling foreign correspondents. Authorities in Vladimir Putin’s Russia have increasingly used criminal charges against their own journalists as part of a “increasing crackdown on free and independent media,” as Jodie Ginsberg, the president of […]
Bath artist celebrates 20 years creating with unusual medium — pipe cleaners
Keegan Companion, 22, first discovered his artistic talents in preschool and has crafted thousands of pipe cleaner sculptures, happily accepting “smiles as payment.”
Partners for years, two Midcoast conservation groups are merging
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and Cathance River Education Alliance will join forces in July with the intention of increasing educational opportunities and resources for the community.
Guest column: Hands off our books
I’ve read numerous recent articles about freedom-loving Americans attempting to ban books schools and public libraries. I never thought an educated populace in the 21st Century would allow this to be an issue. History books are full of religious fanatics across the ages banning books and burning them so people would not read them. There […]
Diocese of Portland hosts discussions on annulment process
The Diocese of Portland’s Office of the Tribunal will hold presentations and lead discussions on the annulment process in the Catholic Church at four locations in the coming weeks and months. All are welcome at any of the gatherings, which will include question-and-answer periods as well as the opportunity to speak privately to a canonist. […]
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