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2019
Maine consumers with disputes wait months on inundated watchdog office
The short-staffed state Consumer Protection Division faces a daunting backlog.
Letter to the editor: Think creatively to address Maine’s vehicle emissions problem
The vehicle emissions problem described in your Dec. 15 article looks insurmountable at first glance. But our better selves understand we have a huge problem that requires our best thinking and efforts. What if a nonprofit organization were established to provide zero percent financing to Maine residents for the purchase of electric vehicles, with loans […]
Letter to the editor: Don’t look away when you suspect abuse
After reading all the articles about the beating death of little Marissa Kennedy, I felt urged to write. As I read these articles, with tear-filled eyes, I can’t help but wonder: Someone had to know that something was wrong! The social worker, a neighbor, a teacher, a friend or relative. Maybe it’s easier to look […]
From Billy Eichner to Florence Pugh, here are the top 11 scene-stealers of 2019
This year has been full of performances from supporting actors who’ve commanded audiences’ attention.
After 44 years, she reunites with her mother, halfway across the globe
Separated during Operation Babylift, Leigh Boughton Small travels from Scarborough to Vietnam looking for answers and a deeper understanding of herself and her anguished mom.
Deep Water: ‘Impossibility,’ by Myronn Hardy
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
How J.J. Abrams and Billy Dee Williams tied up the epic, nine-movie Skywalker Saga with ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
To borrow a line from Darth Vader, the circle is now complete. For more than 40 years, the “Star Wars” movies centering on the Skywalkers have been a force unlike any other in this galaxy or beyond. And now, the epic saga is coming to an end. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which came […]
New Medicaid patients strain Maine’s mental health services
The number of adults getting treatment has nearly doubled since the state expanded the health care program, and wait times are swelling.