THE CONVERSATION — In one key respect, Ralph Yarl was fortunate. The wounds the 16-year-old suffered after being shot twice on April 13 by the owner of the house whose doorbell he rang, thinking it was where he was due to pick up his two younger brothers, did not prove fatal. Others who have made […]
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Just a Little Old: Florida is the canary in the coal mine
The guy behind me at the rental car line at the Sarasota airport was wearing a red fleece with a Bridgewater State insignia, so I asked him if he worked there. “I’m the president,” he said. Fred Clark and I discussed his challenges as the president of a public university today. I told him about […]
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Commentary: On many fronts, Maine Democrats are fighting for equity
The pandemic laid bare inequities that for too long have gone unchecked. We’re working hard to repair them.
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Elwood Watson: In America, knocking on the wrong door will get you shot
A spate of recent shootings serve as a depressing reminder that accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, driving to an incorrect residence, or mistakenly getting into the incorrect vehicle can be deadly. In Kansas City, 16-year-old honors student Ralph Yarl mistakenly arrived at the wrong home while looking for his younger siblings. There he was shot […]
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Letter to the editor: Special education students deserve more
Thank you for publishing the April 26 story, “Brunswick parents object to changes to school special education service,” by Jason Claffey. I would like to add some important context. In the article, Superintendent Phil Potenziano was quoted as saying that the district will continue to “focus on minimizing regression.” However, when pressed multiple times in […]
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Giving Voice: Come be a volunteer
As a retired school social worker living in Brunswick, I often joke that I’ve not truly retired because I volunteer at The Gathering Place, a welcoming day center for unhoused, at-risk folks — people seeking community — across the parking lot from Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program food bank in downtown Brunswick. It is a […]
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By Bike and Foot: May is National Bike Month
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series about biking and walking in Bath, Brunswick and Topsham, written by members of local bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees. Longer hours of daylight and warmer weather have many of us eager to dust off our bikes and set out on two wheels. On a bike, […]
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Gordon Weil: Justice Alito attacks Biden, fellow jurists
In dissenting from the Supreme Court’s procedural order suspending lower court rulings on an anti-abortion drug, Justice Samuel Alito issued an historic tirade. Alito blasted the Biden Administration and fellow justices, while revealing both the ultimate outcome of the case and his extreme judicial partisanship. The case began when a U.S. District Court judge in […]
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Dick Polman: Let me tell you a story about Tucker Carlson
I want to tell you a story about Tucker Carlson, the serial liar and useful Putin idiot who has now pulled off the hat trick of being fired by three media outlets: CNN (in 2005), MSNBC (in 2008), and Fox News (this week, without warning). Since nobody with real knowledge has yet surfaced to explain […]
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The Maine Idea: Jurors succeeded where many others failed
In the end, it took a civil jury trial – a procedure so unusual many lawyers and even judges were unfamiliar with it – to resolve what happens with the extraordinarily entangled power line to Canada: It will be built. Last week’s unanimous conclusion from nine ordinary Maine citizens in effect reversed the 59% majority […]
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