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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Steven Price, Kennebunkport: In the desert, seeking salvation
A year out of college, I was finding it impossible to land a job in the journalistic profession for which I’d spent four years preparing. There were two newspapers in Salt Lake City, where I was living at the time, and neither the Tribune nor the Deseret News was interested in my unproven reportorial prowess. […]
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Leslie Bowering, Concord Township: Saved by the miracle map
My husband, Alan, walks through the Maine woods regularly with an ease and confidence I cannot share. He has been wandering through vast woodlands since he was 5, so I was not surprised when he saw the old fire tower off in the distance, researched the trail map and decided to hike to it. We […]
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Cheryl A. Stringer, New Gloucester: Panic on the rocks
I am not by nature a risk-taker. In general I prefer to play it safe, at least in real life. But even the most cautious people can have their moments of insanity, especially in their teen years. One summer day I visited Fort Williams with my family. I had spent several of my formative years […]
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
Commentary: Restore asylum for women fleeing abuse and death
A new bill would reopen a door to women and children fleeing abuse that had been closed by the Trump administration.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2019
Our View: Time to rethink system for defending Maine’s poor
Questions about cost and quality should lead lawmakers to consider starting a public defender system.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2019
Maine Voices: Stop use of immigration ‘iceboxes’
A Mainer reports on her conversations with asylum seekers stuck on the Mexican side of the southwest border.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Maine Observer: Cat and owner rescue one another in New Gloucester
A ‘project cat’ delivers much-needed comfort to the woman who lured her out from under the shed.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
The View From Here: Letters about vaccines blur the lines
As the old saying goes, people are entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Insight: Jimmy Hoffa casts a long shadow over unions
Through works like ‘The Irishman,’ the notorious Teamsters president still links organized labor in the public imagination with organized crime.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2019
Jim Fossel: Portland right to put the brakes on surveillance tech
Police cameras in the schools and use of facial recognition software represent erosions of privacy that should not be taken lightly.
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