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• 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 ...
  
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  Renew Rockland launches the Rockland Community Farm

  By Amy Files - May 19
  Renew Rockland is very excited to be starting its first season of the Rockland Community Farm. We are keeping a close eye on the soil, and when it ...
  

• Forensic nurses: protecting our communities

  By Sarah A. Sherman - Apr 14
  If you had asked me three years ago, “What is the role of a forensic nurse in our community?” I probably would have guessed that their work was ...
  
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  The Megunticook River and the next hundred years

  By Alison McKellar - Mar 01
  Growing up in Camden, I never thought much about the river that runs through our town, but before Camden was known for its brick buildings and ...
  

• Prescription price spike causes hardships

  By Susan M. Collins - Feb 18
  Patty Bernard of Falmouth is among the 1.3 million Americans, including 8,700 Mainers, who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic and painful ...
  

• Breakfast with Another View

  By Rachel Leonard - Dec 16
  “Who are these guys?” I'm asked this question by at least one person every time I run an Another View commentary on the Coastal Journal's opinion ...
  

• Suboxone is an important treatment option for addiction

  By Dr. Ira Mandel - Nov 16
  Lately, I have learned that some members of our community have been criticizing me for treating people who have opiate addiction with a medication ...
  

• 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 ...
  
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  Ferry rate increase: three main issues

  By Gabe Pendleton - May 09
  A lot has been in the news lately about the Islesboro Ferry rate increase and I wanted to take the time to explain this issue from an Islesboro ...
  
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  Bullying and me;

  By John H. Cross Jr. - Mar 08
  I grew up in Rockland during the '70s and '80s. I attended South School, Rockland District Junior High School and graduated from Rockland District ...
  

• Benefits of safe, stable and nurturing environments

  By Patrick Walsh - Feb 28
  The “sure thing” in promoting public health is investing in reducing childhood adversity. This understanding led the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
  

• New tax law will benefit hardworking Mainers, not Washington ...

  By Susan Collins - Jan 07
  I have heard a number of conspiracy theories from pundits, political operatives and columnists about why I supported the tax cut plan that just ...
  
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  Send in your letters to Santa!

  Nov 23
  Santa's elves are busy making toys in their workshop at the North Pole. The reindeer are eating carrots and resting up for a night of deliveries; ...
  
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  The total solar eclipse, an event for all the senses

  By Greg Mort - Aug 03
  A total solar eclipse is an exotic event disrupting the normal routine of our celestial drama. This extraordinary event evokes the same kind of ...