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• 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 ...
  
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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 ...
  

• 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 ...
  
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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 ...