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• What is happening in Augusta?

  By Rep. Valli Geiger - Apr 08
  The Maine Legislature met at the Augusta Civic Center yesterday for a 13 hour session, which ended successfully in the passage of part one of the ...
  
• Behind the scenes

  PBMC, WCGH open two COVID-19 vaccination clinics in eight days

  By Arthur Durity - Feb 25
  When Steven Garhartt walked into the lobby of building six in the former MBNA complex in Belfast, he stood in awe. But it wasn't the architecture, ...
  
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  How deep is the swamp?

  By Paul Murray - Feb 10
  I didn't want my fame to come this way. I would have preferred to be noticed for something else, but it is not to be. There I was, sitting on my ...
  

• The reasons behind our wind energy opposition

  By Jack Merrill, Maine ... - Jan 16
  For more than 50 years, I have understood humans need to reduce their fossil fuel consumption, and that green technology — giving us solar, hydro ...
  

• On miscarriage

  By Katy Miller - Jan 02
  To be fair, anyone who doesn't want to read about my real life and the stuff I'm dealing with...look elsewhere. I went back and forth about being ...
  

• Trump and Consequences: Part II

  By Larry Butler - Nov 13
  This is a Thanksgiving op-ed where I follow my pastor's advice to list the things I am grateful for this awful year of COVID-19. This piece picks ...
  

• To the trusted Thomaston leadership

  By Cindy Lang - Sep 04
  Please postpone and/or table the vote on selling property at The Green. The taxpayers and voters of Thomaston deserve to be fully informed. ...
  

• Trapped in a Tropical Paradise: Part 10

  By Eleanor Motley Richardson - Aug 14
  Florida needs a bottle bill. In Rockland, there is a cadre of people who systematically cruise the streets for yeasty beer cans, then cash them in ...
  
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  Trapped in Tropical Paradise: Part Nine

  By Eleanor Motley Richardson - Aug 10
  How ironic that Rockland got Hurricane Isaias while we swam under the sun in Florida! We won't get too complacent. Sahara dust protected us this ...
  

• Trapped in a Tropical Paradise: Part Seven

  By Eleanor Motley Richardson - Jul 29
  I was married at age 19. Now, at 73, I've finally caught up with the housework, thanks to COVID-19. The laundry is washed, kitchen stocked, ...
  

• Why we need to pass the Pine Tree Amendment

  By Sen. Chloe Maxmin, ... - Mar 31
  Growing up on my family's farm in Nobleboro, I was raised with a deep appreciation for our natural environment and all it provides for us. Here in ...
  

• As we reflect Black History Month

  By Sherry Cobb - Feb 10
  February is Black History Month, chosen because February contains the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, born nine years ...
  

• Muzzled by executive session? Perhaps.

  By Rockland City ... - Jan 20
  I am in an interesting position. Having not been involved in any Executive Sessions (ES) discussing the cell tower, I am not bound by any confident...
  

• Beyond idolatry to mutual service

  By Rev. Dr. Ute Molitor, ... - Jan 07
  On Jan. 6, 2021, people of our nation watched with horror as the U.S. Capitol was overtaken during an attempted insurrection spurred on by the ...
  
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  A call to service

  By Dr. Mark Fourre, ... - Nov 19
  As we marked Veterans Day, I was reminded of the many veterans who served our country in war and peace, and now serve as care team members at Pen ...
  

• A tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsberg

  By Valli Geiger - Oct 01
  We lost a 5'1” giant. She said “the Constitution was written for a few white men of property, but the story over time was of ever expanding ...
  

• To the citizens of Rockland

  By Tom Luttrell - Aug 25
  Because there is a property revaluation underway, this letter addresses frequently asked questions related to revaluation, including what it is, ...
  

• To City Counselor, State Rep. Candidate Valli Geiger

  By Phyllis Merriam, on ... - Aug 13
  City Councilor, State Representative Candidate Valli Geiger: I am writing on behalf of impacted Rockland homeowners, neighbors and friends. Your ...
  

• Trapped in Tropical Paradise: Part Eight

  By Eleanor Motley Richardson - Aug 03
  A hurricane is on the way and I am gathering wisdom from those who summered here in Florida before. Usually, we are in Rockland for hurricane ...
  

• Hey IRS! Where is my refund?!

  By Michael McGuire - Jul 24
  The following is a letter I have written to the Internal Revenue Service — the IRS. That's correct. I am writing to them. I am not answering a ...