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Published
January 4, 2021

Maine Voices: Haves, Have-Nots and Have-Lots – a tale of three economies

While we can work to lessen inequality, it is more important to lessen inequity.
Published
January 3, 2021

Insight: 2020 was a good year – for reading Maine history

The anniversary of Maine statehood gave a retired editor a vantage point to tell the story of the last 200 years, one day at a time.
Published
January 3, 2021

The View From Here: Dissenting views in the mailbag

When readers don’t like what they see in the paper, they have a way of letting us know.
Published
January 3, 2021

Maine Voices: Use power of the crowd to get more people to ‘yes’ on vaccination

The most effective way to attain herd immunity is to capitalize on herd mentality.
Published
January 2, 2021

New vaccine offers powerful protection against despair

A volunteer vaccinator reports that the threat of the pandemic will be met if enough of us take the shot when it's our turn.

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Published
January 2, 2021

The humble Farmer: Not exactly the typical midcoast caroling tableau

As I try to hear the eager young voices over the rattle of my Waterpik, I realize I need a phone call giving me 20 minutes to prepare for visitors.
Published
January 2, 2021

Commentary: Modern wood heat finally achieves federal tax equality

Maine’s congressional delegation fought to get wood heat treated fairly by federal tax credits.
Published
January 1, 2021

Maine Voices: Reimagining New Year’s resolutions for 2021

Don’t berate yourself; act like your aspirations are already happening; put the ‘shoulds’ away, and be happy with small steps.
Published
January 1, 2021

Commentary: 2020 was difficult; it was not the worst year ever

We have ways to give comfort to each other that previous generations never had, and our COVID timetable is far better than the disease scenario they faced.
Published
December 29, 2020

Seniors Not Acting Their Age: The other Bigelow