Editorials - Herald Gazette
Weekly editorials from the staff of the Herald Gazette.
Every week, The Herald Gazette Editorial Board collaborates on an editorial regarding a topic of interest or community concern. Often, the subject of the editorial is related to a story or event that has been published in print or at Knox.VillageSoup.com.
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First responders, thanks for having our backs!
By The Courier-Gazette ... - May 24Community involvement — neighbors serving one another — is a fundamental value, and few exemplify this spirit like the emergency medical service ...
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Report cards vs. vision
By The Courier-Gazette ... - May 09Our guess is that some local educators and school administrators have had better weeks. Right in the middle of trying to get their budgets passed ...
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Do not accept bullying or violence in our community
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Apr 11For two weeks in a row, we have had front-page stories about students being seriously injured by other students on school grounds in our community....
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Still bringing you the news, one year after going dark
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Mar 14There was no shortage of news in Knox County this week. In fact it was hard to figure out what to leave off the front page. Regional School Unit ...
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A new 'meth' in the Midcoast
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Mar 01For years local officials have said it is not a question of "if" but "when" methamphetamines and their lab operations come to the Midcoast. This ...
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Nothing to see here
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Feb 14Here are some of the news stories we have been reading online, some new, some old: "Hadiya Pendleton (15 years old) died after being shot in a ...
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United we must stand
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Jan 24"My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it — so long as we seize it together." With those words, President Barack ...
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Glad to see it
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Jan 10It was wonderful and surprising news this week to find out the former Lincoln Street Center has been purchased and the new owner plans to run it ...
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Remarks by the President at Sandy Hook Interfaith Prayer Vigil
Dec 17President Barack Obama delivered the following address Dec. 16 at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn. To all the families, first responders, to ...
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Going over the 'fiscal cliff'
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Dec 13We have been hearing about this 'fiscal cliff' on the national news for a while, almost to the point where we tune it out. It is easy to think ...
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Support March of Dimes walk May 19
By The Courier-Gazette ... - May 16"Nearly a half million babies in the United States — that's 1 out of every 9 — are born premature each year." — Centers for Disease Control For ...
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Our hearts are in Boston
By Courier Publications ... - Apr 16No matter where in the world we were standing when we first heard the news, our hearts were in Boston, along with our thoughts and prayers. Two ...
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The year of gratitude
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Apr 04It seems appropriate that the traditional first year anniversary material is paper. As the front page of this week's edition proclaims, it has ...
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Brass Compass fight returns to city council chambers
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Mar 07It seems the movie theater is not the only place to see a sequel this year. "Hopefully, this year this won't be such a hot topic," Lynn Archer ...
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Don't forget the First Amendment in your zeal for the Second
Feb 22Last week the Bangor Daily News sparked an outcry from Maine's gun rights advocates when it submitted a Freedom of Access Act request for informati...
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Schools and St. George
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Jan 31The town of St. George has decided to take a stand on the issue of local vs. district control of education. The disagreements putting the town at ...
Welcome to the state budget shell game
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Jan 17Gov. Paul LePage's proposed state budget does not simply cut spending or taxes. Instead, it takes budget problems in Augusta and drives them down ...
Warren clean-up: If not now, when?
Jan 03More than a decade seems like more than enough time for Warren and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to deal with the problem of ...
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Letters to the editor, The Courier-Gazette
Dec 13Not tolerant of message I am writing this in response to Rockland Gothic writer, David Grima. In his Nov. 29 column, he seemed to have been ...
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How the environment affects bottom lines
By The Courier-Gazette ... - Dec 06News that one of our most important fisheries, the shrimp industry, will be hindered by a shorter season this winter was alarming for several ...
