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• Five simple steps of tick prevention

  By Paula Jackson Jones - May 15
  As temperatures warm up and ticks become more active, how do we protect ourselves and our loved ones and reduce our fear of spending time outdoors?...
  

• A message to customers returning to restaurants

  By Jen Chapman - May 13
  As you know, the governor has approved most Maine restaurants to open, but, speaking as a restaurant employee, we won't be opening as "business as ...
  
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  CRMS construction update

  By Maria Libby - May 04
  It has been several months since I've provided a community update on the middle school project and I am happy to report that we are still on ...
  

• Little heroes everywhere

  By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Apr 09
  It is easy, in a crisis, to identify the big heroes. They are the Drs. Shah and Fauci, Govs. Mills, Hogan and Cuomo. We are thankful for them, for ...
  

• Vaccines save lives. Vote no on Question 1.

  By Gov. Janet Mills - Feb 06
  A little more than a month ago, the residents of a city in central China began getting terribly sick with a virus that no one had seen before. As ...
  

• A message from the owner

  By Reade Brower - Nov 01
  Dear Readers, Advertisers and Friends of the “The Free Press” and “Courier Publications/Village Soup, We're moving! As the newspaper industry ...
  

• Make Earth Day every day

  By Lee Ann Szelog - Apr 20
  Although Earth Day is celebrated once every year to educate and emphasize the importance of protecting our natural world, we must make it a habit ...
  

• Striving to be a channel for God's love

  By The Rev. Linda ... - Mar 14
  On Sunday, March 3, representative members of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church of Rockland met to grieve the hurt we know to have been ...
  

• Bath Iron Works deserves full-throated support

  By Marty Grohman - Aug 05
  “A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” Teddy Roosevelt was right on the money when he spoke those words in ...
  

• Remembering fallen heroes

  By Jeremy Miller - Jun 01
  They still speak to us. If you listen quietly you can hear them. You remember their voices from conversations you've had before they gave their ...
  

• A fond farewell

  By Maria Libby - May 14
  Some people in our lovely community know that I have spent many years in the middle school building. I moved to Maine for the start of fifth grade ...
  
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  COVID-19: We’ve been here before

  By Dr. Mark Fourre, ... - May 08
  As I witness the selfless commitments so many in our communities are making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I am reminded of how we have ...
  

• Do what we can, safely, to alleviate business stress

  By Rep. Vicky Doudera - May 01
  Back in my inn-keeping days, early May was the time for sprucing up the grounds of our B&B, planting pansies, trimming forsythia and mulching ...
  

• Useful resources during the coronavirus outbreak

  By Sen. Dave Miramant - Mar 21
  If I know folks in Maine, we're going to make it through this crisis. The coronavirus is here, and it's going to get worse. As much as I wish we ...
  

• On Veterans Day, a chance to honor American heroes

  By Sen. Angus King - Nov 16
  It was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918, when the Allied Forces and Central Powers laid down their arms to formalize the end ...
  

• In Maine, student loan default rate falls just below ...

  By Mike Brown - Oct 28
  It's no secret that the United States has a student loan debt problem. In fact, people are already labeling it as a full-blown crisis. Outstanding ...
  

• Combating the viral spread of vaccine misinformation

  By Karin Leuthy - Apr 11
  In response to CDC reports that Maine's pertussis rate is the worst in the nation and that several outbreaks have been reported here this year, ...
  

• Open letter to Sen. Susan Collins

  By Paula G. Sutton - Feb 14
  Jan. 14, 2019 Dear Sen. Collins, I am writing to you as the Knox County Committeewoman for the Maine GOP and a former Maine State Representative ...
  
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  OPINION: Land-based salmon farms will benefit Maine

  By Andrew Goode, ... - Jul 05
  The Atlantic Salmon Federation is dedicated to the health of Maine's rivers, estuaries, and coastal environments. We know Mainers treasure ...
  
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  Looking back: Fishing for alewives in Warren

  May 24
  These photos of alewife fishermen in Warren were taken in May 1931 by Earl C. Dow, a correspondent for The Portland Press Herald. Photos Courtesy ...