We need to let doctors and EMS providers use their best clinical judgment about where a victim of traumatic injury should go.
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Commentary: The cybersecurity risk to our water supply is real. We must prepare.
An alert employee stopped an attempt to poison a water system in Florida last February, but we may not be so lucky the next time.
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Commentary: Millennials are finally spending like grownups
The largest generation in the United States is buying houses and cars. That’s going to have consequences for inflation.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine should collect more from out-of-state homeowners
People who are here for fewer than 6 months a year avoid paying their fair share for state services.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: His light-bulb moment brightened an otherwise dark Christmas
Where most of Lubec saw a bridge, Joel Ross saw a chance to dispel the holiday gloom.
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Jim Fossel: Here’s to a productive Maine legislative session. Yes, really.
The Legislature could avoid the hyperpartisanship that cripples Congress if the party in power used some restraint.
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Maine Observer: Christmas trees need to go, but when?
To everything there is a season, including beloved holiday traditions.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: New England oil dealers try ‘concern trolling’
We should ignore pleas by people who profit off fossil fuels to stop the transition to climate-friendly heating.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: America is failing the testing test
Two years into the pandemic, it’s still too hard to find out whether or not you have COVID.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Recognition needed that first responders face growing mental health toll
I want to develop and maintain a culture where a law enforcement officer asking for help is applauded as an act of courage, says Maine’s U.S. Attorney.