Maine lawmakers need to protect public lands from CMP corridor Legislation like LD 1075, being reviewed by our Legislature, is sorely needed to protect Maine’s public lands. The history of illegal and backdoor leases for use on public lands includes those obtained by international corporation Central Maine Power (owned by Spanish company Avangrid) for the […]
2021
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
US Rep. Pingree announces Thornton Academy Student to attend West Point
Jacob D. Lowe was nominated by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: Clock is ticking for Maine Gov. Mills’ spending plans
Washington is changing with almost bewildering speed. Is Augusta changing? Perhaps, but it’s a lot less obvious. President Biden has exploded long-held assumptions about the federal government during his first few weeks in office. Not only did he hold firm in passing a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill over numerous objections, but he’s presented an […]
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: A Maine state budget passed on time. You got a problem with that?
Republicans in the Legislature say treating the budget as a non-emergency should not be the ‘new normal.’ Why not?
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Free summer classes for high school students and incoming freshman at community colleges
WELLS —Maine’s community colleges are offering free classes this summer to re-engage Maine’s high school students in their educational journey. Maine high school seniors graduating this spring and attending a community college this fall can take a free summer class under the new “Momentum from the Start” program. All tuition and fees are waived and […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s ocean wind industry arrives at the right time
As agreements with unions to hire workers are nailed down, regional demand for clean energy is taking off.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: April 8
Spring cleanup day Gorham Conservation Commission is seeking volunteers for a spring cleanup day from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, April 17. “We will be meeting at a few different spots around town to help keep group sizes small and to make quick work of picking up trash along some of the busier areas,” organizers said in […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Anti-Asian violence is nothing new in Maine
Since arriving in America, people of Asian descent have been a target of discrimination, harassment and violence, even here in Maine.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Uphold trans women’s civil rights – defeat L.D. 926
I am the proud mother of a transgender child and a representative of the PFLAG Portland board. Individually, and as an organization, we raise our voices in opposition to L.D. 926, a discriminatory bill that would prohibit transgender women and girls in Maine from participating in both interscholastic and intramural sports. Denying transgender women and […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Berwick’s Prime Tanning site gets funding for reclamation effort
Loan awarded for continued environmental remediation to new owner, Great Falls Construction, for ‘The Edge of Berwick.’