The Conversation: E.U. migration overhaul stresses fast-track deportations and limited appeal rights for asylum seekers

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April 23, 2024

The Conversation: E.U. migration overhaul stresses fast-track deportations and limited appeal rights for asylum seekers

THE CONVERSATION — The European Parliament adopted its Pact on Migration and Asylum on April 10, 2024, clearing a major hurdle on its way to becoming European Union law. The package of regulations and directives seeks to update E.U. policies on migrants and refugees. The pact is a legacy of the 2015 migration crisis when E.U. countries saw more than 1 […]
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April 21, 2024

School board postpones bid to end town rotation for chairperson

The local school board has reversed course and postponed indefinitely a move by some of its members to end a long-standing policy of rotating the chairperson position by town each year. In a public meeting on Thursday, April 11, members of the Maine School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors voted unanimously to put the […]
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April 21, 2024

The Conversation: TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

THE CONVERSATION — The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending bill on Apr. 17, 2024. The House voted on each of the four components of the bill, and the one affecting TikTok passed 360-58 on Apr. 20, 2024. The packaging is likely […]
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April 19, 2024

Bath history center hosts tea with locals from past

Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. will host “Tea with Gussie Donnell and Friends,” a historically rich at 1 p.m. April 28. When the arching doors of SPI’s Winter Street Center (880 Washington St., Bath) open, ticket holders will be guided to their seats by volunteers. After everyone has been served tea and cookies, three local historians — […]
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April 19, 2024

From the Chocolate Church: Music of the world at Chocolate Church

OneBeat, one of the year’s most exciting presentations at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, is set for May 10, when 25 musicians from 19 countries will gather on the Main Stage. “This will be an exhilarating musical escapade,” Artistic and Executive Director Matthew Glassman said. OneBeat brings together musicians from all over the […]
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April 19, 2024

Gordon L. Weil: Aging leaders lose touch with voters

A marvel of modern politics occurs when a U.S. senator, age 78, urges a U.S. Supreme Court justice, age 69, to step down because she is too old. The senator’s worry is that, like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the jurist will stay on the bench too long, die in office, and allow a Republican president […]
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April 18, 2024

LC Van Savage: Rescue me! Me! ME!

Anybody out there have a problem with people who constantly expect to be rescued? Who are absolutely dead certain they’re entitled to be rescued? I’m not talking about those of us who occasionally appreciate having firepersons save us from our burning homes, or having physicians rescue us from dying of an unpronounceable disease or having […]
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April 18, 2024

Letters to the editor: Candidate endorsements; facing food insecurity; abortion rights

Guzzetti for Senate Maine needs a nerd with a big heart! On June 11, I will cast my vote for Jean Guzzetti for State Senate. Jean is caring, energetic and fiercely dedicated and committed to deliver for the people she serves. As the mother of two girls in high school and a part-time student herself, […]
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April 18, 2024

Just a Little Old: Just a Little Old marks 500th column

This is the 500th piece I’ve written for the “Just a Little Old” column. When I began the column, I explained the inspiration for the title. Twenty years ago I was at a wedding in Oregon. My 2-year-old granddaughter Emma looked at me and said, “Dee, you’re old!” I pointed to my father, then in […]
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April 18, 2024

Giving Voice: A look at the Gleaners

What is gleaning? It falls into that broad category of words that you kind of know that conjure indistinct images of vaguely familiar activities like, say, glamping, galivanting, larping or loitering. Yes, perhaps you’d know it if you saw it. Or perhaps not. Really, it’s a simple idea betrayed by an overly abstract word, quite […]

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