Lobster fishing has never been an easy way to make a living. Any economic endeavor that relies on natural forces and harvesting natural resources carries risk and uncertainties. As someone who represents coastal communities and as a member of the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee, I’ve learned this firsthand from the hard-working men and women in […]
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Douglas Rooks: Bureaucratic delays cut both ways on climate
One of the more interesting items still kicking around Congress is Sen. Joe Manchin’s bill described as “permitting reform,” which sounds boring, but is anything but. Rather, it involves an issue of huge consequence: Whether we can rise to the challenge of climate change, or whether we will keep delaying needed infrastructure. In most news […]
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Tom Purcell: Hey Congress, quit fiddling with our clocks
With the “fall back” clock change coming soon, one thing makes me especially grumpy and confused. Last March, the Senate passed a bill that would make daylight saving time a year-round standard and end the “fall back” and “spring forward” clock changes that make Americans even groggier and crabbier than we usually are. But the […]
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Letters to the editor: The plastic pollution crisis; hearing help
The plastic pollution crisis I’m a college student from Southern Maine, and I’m writing regarding the plastic pollution crisis. My goal in writing this letter is to spread awareness from a student’s perspective, and to call attention to steps that Maine can take to reduce plastic waste in our environment.I was pleased to read that […]
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Carl Golden: Immigration a top issue again ahead of the midterms
Immigration has muscled its way into the top four issues in the midterm elections, joining inflation, cost of living, violent crime and abortion rights as potential turning points in the control of Congress. Its emergence has come amid accusations of hypocrisy and inhumane treatment, as well as threats of criminal investigations. The arrival on Martha’s […]
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Sen. Eloise Vitelli: As weather gets colder, resources are available to help Mainers
The seasons seem to change slowly but then all at once. There’s no denying that our mornings and evenings are cooler, and our daylight hours are shorter. Autumn is with us once again. Many of us are excited for apple picking and weather that’s perfect for simmering soups and baking pies. It’s also the season […]
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Letters: Political endorsements abound
Cluchey for State Representative I am writing in support of Sally Cluchey for State Representative in House District 52. Our communities in Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond would be lucky to have her voice in Augusta. I got to know Sally over the past two years working to address issues affecting our schools in Maine School […]
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Peter Roff: America shouldn’t hand economic leadership to China
Globalization has its benefits but, after COVID, it might be time to consider just how much of America’s economic activity we want to continue to share with other countries. Is it too much to ask to have safeguards put in place so that American firms employing American workers reap the benefits of cutting-edge technologies developed […]
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Michael Reagan: The Air Force goes for woke
Well, there goes the United States Air Force. The wokesters who have been wrecking our colleges for years with their insane diversity and inclusion codes have infiltrated the Air Force Academy. Cadets there now have to take a training class that includes a slide presentation titled, “Diversity & Inclusion: What it is, why we care, […]
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Elwood Watson: Disney’s latest remake a window into race in America
Witnessing the faces of little Black girls across the nation light up with glee as they saw previews of actress Halle Bailey from the live action version “The Little Mermaid,” was both heartwarming and gratifying. “Her skin…it looks like mine,” one very observant girl said to her mother in a video that went viral on […]