Each week on the edge of Portland Harbor, young adult immigrants share their thoughts on this troubled world.
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Bill Nemitz: Oh, for the days when patients came first
Anti-vax health care workers should get the shot – or take a hike.
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Bill Nemitz: COVID-19 is highly contagious. So is stupidity.
Last week’s rally in Augusta took the anti-COVID-19 vaccine movement to new lows.
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Bill Nemitz: Where Maine soldiers once tried to do the impossible, the Taliban now rule
For the Maine Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, the fall of Afghanistan is a cautionary tale.
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Bill Nemitz: For almost three decades, she kept her secret. No longer.
Phil Chenevert was long embraced by the Russell family. Now he stands accused of molesting their little girl.
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Bill Nemitz: In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus scarred the world anew
The Nao Santa Maria drew plenty of Maine tourists last week. But living history this ship is not.
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Bill Nemitz: A philanthropy bets the farm on kids from rural Maine
The deep-pocketed Lerner Foundation is spending all it has on its Aspirations Incubator.
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Drug deaths in Portland hold steady
Overdose drug deaths in Portland held steady in 2020 as numbers increased by a third across the state. According to the Maine Drug Death Report for 2020, released last week, there were 56 overdose deaths in Portland in 2020, 80% of which involved opioids. There were 55 overdose deaths in the city in 2019, 57 […]
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Lawmakers take up Mills’ updated budget, as Republicans seek leverage
Gov. Janet Mills says she’d like two-thirds support in the Legislature, which would require votes from Republicans who will seek changes in the budget package.
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On a shady street in Portland, hope springs eternal
Hope House, home to some and lifeline to many more, offers a path forward for asylum seekers in search of a new life.