The Freeport-based tasting room was credited for its energy conservation efforts.
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Old Orchard Beach family receives help for child behavioral issues, says ‘You’re not alone’
A family received help for their aggressive child from nonprofit Youth Villages. Now, they want others to know they’re not alone.
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Community-driven responses to poverty
Almost a month ago, a young woman knocked on the door of Tedford Housing’s administrative office, clutching a manila folder. Inside were medical records from her 3-year-old son’s recent hospital stay, two months of unpaid utility bills and a final notice of eviction. She had lost her job after taking time off to care for […]
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Maine delegation’s visit to Azerbaijan was disgraceful | Letter
As an Armenian refugee from Azerbaijan, I wish to express my shock, disgust and confusion at a visit last May by a Maine delegation (Sen. Jill Duson, Rep. Deqa Dhalac, Rep. Mana Abdi, Probate Judge Paul Aranson, Reza Jalali, Abdullahi Ali, Ekhlas Ahmed, Tarlan Ahmadov) to authoritarian Azerbaijan on an official visit. Azerbaijan is listed […]
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We cannot let Trump erase decades of cultural heritage | Opinion
The administration’s attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the National Endowment for the Humanities are extremely troubling.
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Prisons headline wrongly apportioned blame | Letter
Above the fold on April 9, the Press Herald told the truth but with a slant: “Maine prisons to lose some funds over transgender inmate, AG says.” A truer headline could have read: “Maine prisons to lose some funds over federal administration’s anti-transgender crusade.” The person incarcerated in a prison according to her gender identity […]
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Libby playing a duplicitous game on voter ID | Letter
The Republican representative supports showing verified identification at the polls but wants to make it harder to get.
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A Canadian future could be great for Maine | Letter
I enjoyed Michael Burke’s essay titled “Please, Canada, take Maine in?,” which appeared in the Maine Sunday Telegram on April 13. In his piece, Mr. Burke describes what our lives might be like as Canadian citizens. The essayist offers an imaginary escape from our frightening reality under the regime of President Donald Trump and his […]
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A big step forward for food sovereignty in Maine | Letter
Aroostook County and Oxford County are the first two of eight county governments in Maine with unorganized territories that have adopted “county-wide local food and self-governance ordinances for their UTs,” now allowable under recent amendments of the Food Sovereignty Act. Unorganized territories cover many counties across Maine, and currently account for more than 7,511 folks. […]