President Trump may be right in saying Confederate generals are part of American history, but he gets their role wrong – intentionally. After the Civil War, southerners erected the statues of leaders of what they called “the Lost Cause.” To sanitize their rebellion, they claimed their intent had been to preserve states rights and was […]
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Brunswick agrees to pay fines for landfill violations, moves one step closer to closure
The landfill is scheduled to close in April, after which point trash will be taken to the Pine Tree Waste facility in West Bath.
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Letters: ICE college student policy change cruel; In support of a carbon dividend
ICE college student policy change cruel Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced a devastating policy change and abruptly yanked exemptions for international students to take online classes because of the COVID crisis. If a student is enrolled in a university that will be teaching online courses due to the pandemic, ICE now expects those […]
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Dick Polman: Trump and Hoover show what happens when businessmen become president
Can we finally nix the myth that what this nation needs is a businessman who will “run America like a business”? If mining magnate Herbert Hoover wasn’t sufficient evidence, bankrupt casino hack Donald Trump should be the clincher. In Florida the other day, a retired banker named John Dudley told CNN why he, like so […]
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Guest column: It’s time to come to terms with our racist past
Much has been said of late about protests, as they have sprung up all over the country. Perhaps the most disturbing of all the commentary has been the idea that protest is somehow unpatriotic or illegal. This could not be further from the truth. The people who hold in such high regard the Second Amendment […]
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Tom Purcell: A cool idea whose tie has come again
I’m getting a whole-house attic fan installed this week – just like the one my father had installed in my childhood home – and I cannot wait to cool my house using his old-time methods. I have nothing against air conditioning, mind you. I run my central unit on summer’s hottest days. I can’t imagine […]
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From the Chamber: Half-year review of the longest year, Part 1
Before becoming the executive director of the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber in 2016, I was the executive director of the Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce beginning in 2007. At each stop, I’ve had the pleasure of writing either weekly or monthly columns in local newspapers. It’s a great outlet for me to give thoughts to […]
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Commentary: Supreme Court hands victory to school voucher lobby – will religious minorities, nonbelievers and state autonomy lose out?
The Supreme Court’s recent decision that Montana cannot exclude donations that go to religious schools from a small tax credit program could have consequences felt far beyond the state. The 5-4 ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which came down June 30, follows on from recent cases that have expanded what counts as […]
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Letters: In support of Arford; Wilson; Daughtry
Vote Arford As an educator in MSAD 75, I know first-hand the benefits of the ShareCenter, a program that provides low-cost resource materials to teachers. Each week the ShareCenter posts new materials that are available for teachers to use in their classrooms, rather than having to purchase materials with our personal funds. After realizing that […]
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Guest column: The strange case of Justice Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I’m a sucker for horror movies, but not the new ones filled with blood, gore and articulate zombies. My tastes trend toward the classics, and my favorite is the original “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” We all know the story – the kindly Dr. Jekyll who drinks a potion which unleashes the sinister part of […]