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Collins’ statement on funding package being signed into law
By Sen. Susan Collins - Dec 31U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, released this statement following President Trump's signing the ...
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Charting a new path forward
By Sen. Dave Miramant - Dec 17On Wednesday, Dec. 2, when I pulled into the Augusta Civic Center for our swearing-in ceremony, I was heartened to see the signs and hear the ...
Thoughts on Hope’s Kerfuffle
By W.W. Matteson - Dec 17A recent timeline in these pages reflects a year's worth of turbulence in the Hope Town Office. With a pandemic on and no shortage of dysfunction ...
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As COVID-19 surges, we must renew vigilance
By Dr. Mark Fourre - Nov 12As we enter the eighth month of this pandemic, fears that cool weather would accompany a surge in the pandemic have proven well-placed. Cases of ...
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The business of canvassing for Trump
By George Miaoulis Jr. - Nov 05I never expected to be canvassing this fall, let alone for Donald Trump. In my search for a job at the end of my unemployment, however, I came ...
Page congratulates Miramant, thanks supporters
Nov 04To the Editor: I write this letter to congratulate Senator David Miramant on his reelection on Tuesday. It has been my sincere honor to run for ...
Running my race — solo
By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Oct 01I was a sprinter in high school and college, even setting some records back when track distances were administrated in yards. I remember one of my ...
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Mourning a teen’s death; calling for gun safety measures
By Rep. Vicki Doudera - Aug 27On Aug. 17, a 16-old-year boy accidentally shot and killed himself with a handgun at his home in New Sharon. The boy had been video-chatting with ...
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Response to the Rockport Select Board letter
By Kathie Grealish - Aug 06[Ed. note: the following letter is a response to a letter from the Rockport Select Board, published in the Camden Herald, Aug. 6.] This Select ...
Trapped in Tropical Paradise: Part Six
By Eleanor Motley Richardson - Jul 15I dreamed about my mother last night. Although I am old, I am still lucky enough to have her, a bulwark against mortality. Now 100, she lives in ...
On the Water
New Yorker enters rocky waters with the Coast Guard
By Kay Neufeld - Dec 17It was an unusually-mild-tempered Monday morning when I followed through on a special invitation: a day on Rockland Harbor with the U.S. Coast ...
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Opposing the Short Term Rental Ordinance
By Rockport residents - Dec 17During the uncertainty of a challenging pandemic, members of the Rockport Select Board have launched an unjustified attack on residents' property ...
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Staying in Hope for the holidays
By Will Matteson - Dec 03On Friday night, the day after Thanksgiving, as I drove into Camden to pick up a pizza at Megunticook Market, I saw a strange bright object in the ...
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Fitting in with Mainers as someone ‘from away’
By Kay Neufeld - Nov 05If it wasn't apparent in my other stories, I am from away. I pretty much spent my whole life in New York. Inside the city and outside the Bronx. I ...
Valli thanks supporters, community
Nov 05To the Community of Rockland and Owls Head: How do I ever thank a community for placing their trust in me? For all the people who voted for me, I ...
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Helping women overcome barriers to retirement security
By Susan M. Collins - Oct 29As a senator representing the oldest state in the nation by median age, one of my highest priorities is to improve retirement security for older ...
Expanding primary care means healthier communities
By Dr. Mark Fourre - Oct 01Years ago a Dartmouth College researcher named Jack Wennberg, using claims records from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine, discovered a difference ...
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Ask what your school can do for you - and what you can do for ...
By Cheryl A. Liechty - Aug 12Today, there are few challenges greater than finding ways to safely offer children the clear educational, psychosocial, developmental and economic ...
Why don't they prosecute?
By Patrisha McLean - Aug 06Thursday July 30, 2020: Knox County Closed Cases Arthur M. Andrews, 34, Camden, domestic violence assault, dismissed. Joey Hopkins, 43, domestic ...
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Five simple steps of tick prevention
By Paula Jackson Jones - May 15As 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?...