Public hearing on proposed Tractor Supply, Dollar General The Bridgton Planning Board will hold a public hearing on a project being proposed by developer Andrew Kurmin of Gorrill Palmer to build Tractor Supply Co. and Dollar General stores off Brag Way, behind the former Lampron gas/convenience store at the edge of town. The hearing will […]
2024
Posted inLetters
Letter: Bill will support Maine children in foster care
I’m a social work student in the masters program at the University of Maine. I spent my undergraduate internship at a child welfare agency, specifically working with children who had been placed in foster care and doing supervised visitations with their biological parents. This is where I got to witness first-hand the foster care system […]
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Hubbard C. Goodrich: The Second Amendment, revisited
To safeguard the colony, male settlers of a certain age in Massachusetts and Virginia were required to arm themselves and partake in militia training. This practice was followed eventually by all colonies. However, legislative measures were enacted to restrict arms possession and militia participation irregularly to certain demographics, which included Indians, indentured servants, slaves and […]
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We must support reproductive autonomy
Nearly two decades before I was born, my mother had a safe and legal abortion — just weeks after the passage of Roe v. Wade. If not for that safe and legal access, her life would have been completely different. If she had been forced to have a child as a child, I would not […]
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Opinion: Maine’s faith communities are demanding gun safety legislation
If we are to have the kind of society where we can watch a parade or go to school, a movie or house of worship without fearing for our lives, we must all do everything we can to effect change.
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Why do evangelicals support Trump?
My father was a fundamentalist Baptist minister who died at the end of the 20th century. From the beginning of my life in the ’40s, I was taught my job as a Christian was to engage in “soul winning.” I was to ask a fellow traveler on Earth if they “personally knew Jesus Christ as […]
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Opinion: Would you expect a firefighter to run into a burning building to save a frozen embryo?
As Alabama slides toward theocracy, just remember: It is leading the way.
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Opinion: Pride Month deserves Maine’s unreserved support
This annual event serves as a beacon of hope for people who have too often suffered in silence. Why would anybody stand in its way?
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Obituary: George Francis Murphy
SOUTH PORTLAND – George Francis Murphy,76, of South Portland, passed away on Feb. 6, 2024, at Northern Light Mercy Hospital with …