Support was being made available to classmates Tuesday at the Ames Elementary School in Searsmont.
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Through My Lens: The Eid of the vaccinated
There is a different calendar Muslims around the globe are looking at this week. The Islamic lunar calendar, called the Hijri. We are in the month of Dhul-Hijja, which is the time of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The 10th of Dhul-Hijja, which is July 20, is the beginning of the celebration of […]
COVID-19 cases rising steadily in Maine, but CDC isn’t alarmed yet
Maine reported 153 cases for the 3 days ending Monday, and the 7-day case average increased to 49, more than twice what it was just 2 weeks ago.
Commentary: Who owns the beach?
It depends on state law and tide lines
The Recycle Bin: With pets, what goes in must come out
Here’s what not to do with it.
Letter to the editor: Legislature is right to fund Land for Maine’s Future
Kudos to the Legislature for voting to appropriate $40 million to Land For Maine’s Future. This amount will revive the original goals in the 1970s, when farmland was disappearing at an alarming rate and fishermen were finding their coastal lots too expensive to continue living there. When I was an appointee to the first LMF […]
Letter to the editor: Voter suppression has a new look in Maine
If you wanted to express your opinion about the Land For Maine’s Future bond (L.D. 1702), slated for this fall, you can’t because it’s not a bond anymore. It’s been added to the state budget (L.D. 221) and approved by the governor. The decision is no longer yours to make. What you have instead is […]
Letters: Everyone deserves a say in our democracy; Hoping for better from Consolidated
Everyone deserves a say in our democracy In 2006, 192 Republicans voted to renew the Voting Rights Act. Now, we can’t get a single Republican senator to come out and unequivocally support protecting the freedom to vote for the American people. That tells you everything you need to know about the state of bipartisanship in […]
Our View: Biden’s gaffe tells truth about Facebook
As the company allows lies about vaccine safety to spread, it allows the virus to spread.
Letter to the editor: Dire warnings about South Portland Clear Skies Ordinance prove unfounded
The bad things that opponents of the ordinance predicted just didn’t happen.