In a recent editorial, “Our View: ICE should say what it’s up to in Maine” (March 11), the Press Herald editorial board brings up an important point: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates without transparency. The line “What is ICE up to in Maine? Don’t ask ICE” sums up this notion. We don’t know exactly […]
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
David Treadwell: Stark reminders of America’s original sin: Part II
In this, the second of a three-part article, I address more ways the nation’s original sin of slavery has endured over the years and continues to this day. In “How the GI Bill’s Promise was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans,” Erin Blakeman wrote, “When lawmakers began drafting the GI Bill in 1944, some […]
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Commentary: Brunswick prepares students for jobs in sustainability
By bolstering public climate education and creating new jobs in sustainability, the recently adopted Maine Won’t Wait climate action plan ensures that the children who will inherit this state are going to be involved in the fight for its future. Part of the plan, created by the Maine Climate Council, includes doubling the number of […]
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Gordon Weil: Rep. Jared Golden’s moves lack full explanation
President Biden’s coronavirus economic stimulus bill passed Congress on a straight party vote. Almost. All of the Republicans in the House and Senate voted against it. All of the Democrats voted for it, except one. That was Jared Golden, the member of Congress from Maine’s Second District. His vote raises the historical question of the […]
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
In the Know: Restoring from Covid-19 impact in new fiscal year
The last 12 months have been a period of uncertainty almost none of us have ever encountered, emotionally, professionally, and economically. As we arrive at the onset of the municipal budget season — the same stage we were at when the pandemic shuttered Maine last year — we humbly enter this new budget season with […]
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Medical cannabis studies ramp up, offering hope to some opioid users
Some researchers believe cannabis can help wean prescription opioid users off the addictive and potentially deadly drugs. Others aren’t so sure.
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Move-in ready, Saco single-family keeps it simple
43 Ocean Park Rd., Saco | $250,000
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Letter to the editor: Jobless college students hit hard by pandemic slowdown
Re: “Crisis far from over for Maine women suffering prolonged unemployment” (March 16): College students are some of the COVID-19 pandemic’s most affected groups. Young adults who graduated in 2020 and anyone graduating this year are unable to find professional jobs. However, it is the students who are still in college and need part-time or […]
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Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.
By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
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Obituary: Craig W. Murray
Craig W. Murray 1965 – 2021 WEST BATH – Craig W. Murray, 56, of West Bath, died on March 14, 2021 …