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April 10, 2022

Jim Fossel: Biden’s budget just more tax and spend

Conservatives know that deficit reduction should come from cutting expenditures, not raising taxes.
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April 10, 2022

Bill Nemitz: Coming soon to Portland schools – a windfall of ukuleles

A recently closed Massachusetts company, inspired by a local aficionado, is sending all of its remaining instruments to the city's students.
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April 10, 2022

Insight: Our lives will improve if daylight saving time becomes permanent

The Sunshine Protection Act will save lives, conserve energy and prevent crime. The Senate passed it last month – now it’s time for the House to follow suit.
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April 10, 2022

Maine Voices: Let’s do more to encourage girls and women in sports

The effort to recruit girls and women into athletics can't be just a once-a-year initiative.
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April 10, 2022

The Maine Millennial: Smacking an adult is assault, but smacking a kid is parenting?

What Will Smith did to Chris Rock is legal in Maine ... but only if you're a parent doing it to your own child.

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April 10, 2022

Maine Voices: Rare bird reminds us of the ways in which conservation pays off

The state's extended visit from a Steller's sea eagle is an important reminder of the successes Mainers have achieved to conserve our natural lands and waters.
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April 10, 2022

Maine Observer: Sweet memories of maple sugaring

Reminiscences of late winter and early spring days spent on my grandmother’s Waterboro farm are a treat, even many years later.
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April 9, 2022

Maine Voices: State funding is needed to ensure the safety of Maine children

To truly recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, investing in abuse and neglect prevention alongside improvements to the intervention system is essential.
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April 9, 2022

The humble Farmer: The Great Dejunking, or trash versus treasure

The Almost Perfect Woman is a minimalist, but I can’t get anything done around the house without the odds and ends she calls ‘clutter.’
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April 9, 2022

Commentary: Compassion is the antidote to political stress

Let’s work toward a future where we might all live with our collective human dignity intact. It will be hard, but the alternative is dystopia.