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2021
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Richard A. Bennett: Stop foreign meddling in Maine businesses
Foreign influence, like the testimony of Hydro-Quebec against L.D. 194, has no place in elections. Whether that influence comes from a friendly neighbor, or a hostile enemy, it’s dangerous.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: New $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus deserves little praise
The excessive planned expenditures are targeted toward those who don’t need them and could lead to tax increases that would discourage longer-term investment.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Giving back for the greater good
As we round the one-year anniversary of the global pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, there is no shortage of news programs recording individual markers of the year. One thing I wish to hear more about is how we can use what we’ve learned to shape a better collective future. Part of that, for me, has […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Letters: Primaries lack passion; Make D.C. a state
Primaries lack passion At their best, caucuses are messy, democratic and discombobulated. You bet. I remember a caucus in Brunswick during a snowstorm: Barack against Hillary. Snow flying, a long line waited outside the junior high. My 90-year-old Aunt Kack was in a wheelchair, paralyzed from a stroke and essentially nonverbal, but quite able through […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Little data support Maine’s annual vehicle inspection law
Mechanical failures cause about 2% of crashes, but everyone has to get a sticker.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Documentary opens eyes to farming’s potential to renew soil
“Kiss the Ground” is a 2020 documentary describing how “regenerative agriculture” puts carbon (lots of carbon) back into the ground while restoring soils to good health. Globally, the carbon cycle is broken and nature’s balancing processes cannot keep up (see “The past, present and future of climate change,” The Economist, Sept. 21, 2019). We all […]
Posted inTimes Record
Ron Chase: These old folks hate winter driving, think nothing of scaling frozen Cranberry Peak
Scheduled to lead a late February Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society outing, my preference was to ski. An untimely freezing rainstorm limited the choices. As late as the day before, I was still searching for the ideal skiing option. My final decision was motivated by my son, Adam, who preferred the alternative suggestion, hiking Cranberry […]
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Silver lining of pandemic: No flu deaths and only 3 hospitalizations this season
By this time last year, Maine had recorded 36 deaths and 494 hospitalizations. Experts say COVID-19 safety measures and an aggressive flu vaccine push last fall likely caused the precipitous drop.