Back from a knee injury, the fifth year senior is back and ready to lead the University of Maine women’s basketball team.
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Commentary: Why getting back to ‘normal’ doesn’t have to involve police in schools
Since COVID-19 forced many of America’s schools to teach kids remotely, parents and elected officials have been rightly concerned about when things will get back to normal. But there are certain aspects of education where a return to a prepandemic “normal” may not be in the best interests of America’s students. I believe that stationing […]
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Guest column: 229 years ago, America became . . . America
Today marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago today that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the people of an emerging nation. Bill of Rights Day has actually been a national holiday since Nov. 28, 1941, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt […]
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Guest column: Give fishermen a voice in the wind energy debate
Picture a band of floating wind turbines towering over the Gulf of Maine; steel anchors and cables securing their hulls to the ocean floor. The turbines would harness the generous winds of the Outer Continental Shelf and produce clean energy for New England’s population centers, where there is a growing appetite for stable electric power. […]
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Guest column: Infrastructure improvements critical to base redevelopment effort
Clean water to drink and wash with; reliable electricity to light our homes, businesses and roads; efficient sewer systems to manage our human waste; good roads to drive on; and effective drainage systems to manage stormwater are all critical to our everyday survival. We often take these essential infrastructure systems for granted in our modern […]
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The Maine Idea: Democracy starts with primary elections
The results of the Nov. 3 election, for many, still seem contradictory: Donald Trump was soundly defeated by Joe Biden, but of 23 U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans, just two were won by Democrats. Pending runoff elections in Georgia, the GOP could still control the Senate. Yet such analyses don’t even scrape the surface, […]
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Letters: Congress must not leave Washington without passing COVID relief; Americans need more education about disease
Congress must not leave Washington without passing COVID relief Thank you to Blaine Flanders for powerfully describing the housing needs of our low-income neighbors (“Giving Voice: Affordable housing; causes of homelessness in Maine,” Dec. 11). The economic devastation of this pandemic is making the problem so much worse. New census data shows that nearly 83 million […]
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Giving Voice: Affordable housing; causes of homelessness in Maine
One common flaw throughout Maine is the lack of affordable housing. This gap in housing causes more people to become at risk of experiencing homelessness. Extremely low-income households, including families and individuals, struggle enough to make ends meet, and more often than not it is just not enough income to support paying their rent. Accumulating […]
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Guest column: Phippsburg board unfounded beliefs endanger entire community
Thanks to Kathleen O’Brien for an excellent article alerting Phippsburg residents to our Select Board’s irresponsible decision to flout Gov. Mills’ order requiring the wearing of masks in public buildings. In defiance of both legal and medical advice, just two elected officials, with no apparent expertise of their own, have chosen to endanger all town […]
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Letter: Save nature for future generations
I have spent my 14 years of life very closely connected to nature. I live on a beautiful river, a unique and important habitat for many animals. I have spent many days out on it enjoying the natural beauty and fresh breeze. In school and summer camp, we take class trips out on the river […]