When Maine people come together to solve tough challenges, magical things happen. The launch of this year’s shared legislative agenda by Maine’s Environmental Priorities Coalition makes that clear. The EPC is a partnership of 37 environmental…
Camden voters will decide on our June ballot if they want to allow two adult-use marijuana stores in town. I proposed this ordinance change as one of the owners of Botany, a high-end, locally owned, boutique marijuana company. Our first store…
by John Viehman, president, United Midcoast Charities
Imagine not knowing where your next meal is coming from, or when. Wondering if you have enough gas in your car to drive to the local food pantry or soup kitchen. Or maybe just hoping the car will get there and back in one piece. It’s hard for…
It’s about whether you trust your government to post notices of important actions and meetings on its own websites or whether you think we need a way to make sure these are posted somewhere else, by a party that is not actively involved in the meetings, proposals and election politics being …
Sen. Anne “Pinny” Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, represents Maine Senate District 12, which includes most of Knox County. She is serving her first term in the Maine Senate.
Welcome to Common Ground. My hope is for us to remember and create space where we understand and honor that we have more in common than what separates us. This column will concentrate on looking at things through a different lens, a lens base…
David on balloons, real estate and the service industry. David Grima is a former editor with Courier Publications. He can be reached at davidgrima@ymail.com.
Charles Lagerbom teaches AP U.S. History at Belfast Area High School and lives in Northport. He is author of “Whaling in Maine” and “Maine to Cape Horn,” available through Historypress.com.
