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Columns

Published
August 18, 2021

Maine Voices: Meeting our moral obligation to Afghans in peril will take swift, decisive action

Immediate evacuation is essential to avoiding the kinds of atrocities we’ve seen elsewhere when leadership failed.
Published
August 17, 2021

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.
Published
August 17, 2021

Maine Voices: Praising a once-in-a-generation investment in infrastructure

Senators from both parties worked with the Biden administration to pass this historic bill.
Published
August 16, 2021

Maine Voices: Lawmakers set course for future progress

Bills that would have made a difference in health care, the environment and corporate greed will not become law in Maine.
Published
August 15, 2021

Jim Fossel: Bipartisan infrastructure bill good for democracy

You don't need to be a fan of big spending to be happy with the $1 trillion legislation that the U.S. Senate just passed.

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Published
August 15, 2021

Looking back a century – and counting – from ‘Petey’s Perch’

Peter Kaye of Topsham rings in his 100th birthday alongside Nancy, his 89-year-old 'trophy wife.'
Published
August 15, 2021

Maine Observer: A spoiled pineapple leads to sweet moment

A human interaction in the grocery store is the kind of thing that makes life pleasant.
Published
August 15, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Republicans should stop whining about plastic-bag ban

Seeing the land and water in Maine littered with trash is a bigger hardship than remembering to bring a reusable carrier to the grocery store.
Published
August 15, 2021

Insight: With sports gambling legal and ubiquitous, all bets are off

Bet on corruption and other social problems as casinos and team owners join forces to extract more money from fans.
Published
August 15, 2021

Maine Voices: All Mainers face unfairly inflating property tax burdens

In light of unforeseen and ongoing change, it is long overdue for Augusta to seek to reform this system.