To go or not to go? That was the question after hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated Anna Maria Island, Florida, last fall. Tina and I have treasured our short stays on this beautiful stretch of land for the past 10 years, but we knew it wouldn’t be the same, even if it was possible to […]
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Lisbon’s leaders need help as town keeps its eyes on the path
My hometown of Lisbon is, like many towns in Maine, amid its FY26 budget process. Since (now more than ever) we don’t know what the next four weeks are going to bring, it’s hard to make accurate projections regarding the future. Yet, we’ve constructed a process (albeit one I disagree with) and we must make […]
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Letters to the editor: Tobacco products tax; Trump wants Canada; Trump vs. Mills
In support of increasing tax on tobacco products The Maine Legislature is considering a tax increase on tobacco products. As a public health professional with nearly 10 years of experience, I am in full support of this proposal. Maine’s overall cancer rate is the highest in New England, and one of the most common newly […]
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DEI does not lower competence; it resists bias
President Trump has set out to kill DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion. His message is that the traditional system has been shunted aside by preferences given to members of groups that have suffered discrimination. Groups helped by DEI include women, Blacks, American Indians, and Asians. In his view, they have gained an advantage over […]
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Funding Maine’s future
This month, my colleagues in the Legislature and I passed a Continuing Services Budget to ensure funding for existing state operations over the next two years. The first part of the biennial budget addressed our most pressing issues and allows us to move forward on crafting a fiscally responsible two-year budget that meets our district’s needs. […]
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Citizen concern over Brunswick Landing PFAS spill
I am a longtime Brunswick resident. Our home is to the southwest of Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station (BNAS). My parents lived in Topsham, just across the river from BNAS and directly under the flight path of the P3 Orions. The low hum of the engines was background noise. It was less […]
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Kudos to Bowdoin College’s women’s basketball squad
In March 2004, we were on vacation at Maho Bay in St. John’s in the Virgin Islands. During that time, Bowdoin College played Wilmington College (Ohio) in the finals of the Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. Games weren’t live-streamed back then, but Clark Truesdell, my former college roommate, was listening to it on the radio. […]
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Health equity shouldn’t require pulling up bootstraps
Boy, there is a lot going on right now. Both close to home and further afield, it is a constant swirl. Colds, flu and norovirus have plagued our small team as have a disproportionate number of broken bones. People are worried about inflation, how avian flu is affecting the price and availability of eggs, the […]
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A hopeful outlook eases the journey
“Life is difficult.” The first sentence in “The Road Less Traveled,” the best seller by Scott Peck, published in 1978. “Old age ain’t for sissies.” The wry comment often made by my mother (Moo), always with a twinkle in her eye. As a resident of Thornton Oaks, a retirement community where the median age is […]
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Learning key lessons while watching Brunswick-Topsham bridge build
As a regular observer of the Brunswick-Topsham bridge project, I have watched with awe from the early excavations through the precision placement of massive steel beams. Progress has been impressive, and we eagerly await the final product. Amid the political division and rancor in our country, it is a pleasant diversion to observe impressive technical […]
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