Our View: Maine schools need flexibility to spend federal aid
Managing schools during a pandemic is hard enough without artificial deadlines on spending.
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Portland, county officials should make like the seasons and change
A Portland resident offers this guest opinion column about steps that can be taken to address homelessness in the city.
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Les Fossel: It’s time for new U.S. Senate leadership – vote for Gideon
Susan Collins has stayed silent when we’ve needed her to speak out, says a former Republican Maine legislator.
Our View: It shouldn’t be a surprise that fatal drug overdoses keep increasing
As the drug epidemic grows stronger and more varied, the country's response has not kept up.
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Letters
Elect caring Fournier, not dismissive Costa, to City Council
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Letters
Fournier's council platform puts Portland's needs first
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Letters
Costa already well schooled on council concerns
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Letters
Costa's knowledge of city, schools vital to Portland council
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Letters
Bill Green defends Susan Collins on the issues
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Letters
Gideon would be a senator who protects us
Maine Voices: Hospitals and nursing homes need aid from the state
Other states have released federal funds to health care providers, but so far Maine has not.
Maine Observer: Counting on the post-mail generation
Kids who didn't grow up addressing envelopes in elementary school can be mystified by stamps.
The day the 'news' descended on the tiny town of Harrison
With video cameras rolling, 'Hoosier News Now' turned a peaceful day into a pain in the backside.
The View From Here: Collins’ 2017 tax vote started the slide
Support for a giveaway to the rich changed the way some Collins supporters viewed their senator.
The Maine Millennial: We can end domestic violence
There are short-term and long-term strategies that could deliver us from an age-old problem.
Jim Fossel: Court packing would damage democratic institutions
Democrats are threatening to tear up the Supreme Court in response to Republicans’ constitutional actions.
Leonard Pitts: Whitmer kidnap plot reveals a certain kind of entitlement
This sort of violence and bitterness stems from the conviction that by dint of color or culture, one deserves the final word.
The humble Farmer: Step right up and tell me how to build a plastic barn
I should have expected unsolicited advice when I started posting a daily progress report on Facebook.
