Some feel that the event marks a time for new beginnings. If so, we would do well to sit up and pay attention.
Any suggestion that the state would limit the expansion of gas distribution systems is shortsighted.
April 25, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/25/todays-editorial-cartoon-1764-2/
The session ended with confusion and a load of legislation not acted on.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/25/douglas-rooks-legislature-leaves-behind-a-tangled-trail/
Reflecting on the courage exhibited by those who fought in World War II throws today's world into sharp relief.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/opinion-ask-what-you-can-do-for-your-country/
April 24, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/todays-editorial-cartoon-1763-2/
House Speaker Mike Johnson endured a titanic struggle to get Ukraine aid through the House, one that demonstrates the benefits of cooperation and the pitfalls of extremism. His ultimate success o...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/commentary-ukraine-aid-shows-maga-hasnt-cowed-johnson/
109 years after the Armenian Genocide, the nation's survival as a democracy requires U.S. support.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/opinion-existential-threat-to-armenia-is-imminent-real/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/julia-will-protect-reproductive-care/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/facts-dont-line-up-in-dechaine-case/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/lemelin-wasnt-disparaging-lewistons-loss/
Our focus should be on finding ways to make every job as safe as it can be for everyone.
The Press Herald editorial board needed to put its weight behind Mack Point, the least environmentally damaging and most practical alternative.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/23/opinion-wind-development-on-sears-island-is-a-dead-end/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/23/we-must-advocate-for-meaningful-tax-relief/
April 23, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/23/todays-editorial-cartoon-1762-2/
This Earth Day, local residents are demanding real environmental solutions .
If our communities are the heart and soul of the Pine Tree State, then hard work is the heart and soul of our communities. From the seacoast to across the interstate, each town has its own disti...
Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine being a human during the paleolithic age,” tweeted a self-...
April 22, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/22/todays-editorial-cartoon-2094/
Californians have had weekend after weekend of cool, stormy weather and the Sierra Nevada has been blessed with a healthy snowpack. But the reality is that even the last few months have been more...
The Legislature busied itself with scores of comparatively meaningless proposals throughout the session just ended. Worse than voting the proposal down, it chose to ignore it.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/our-view-inaction-on-red-flag-law-is-a-monumental-failure/
I didn’t anticipate the lessons of my career following me into retirement, but I’m pondering them anew as we witness a push toward extremism in the U.S. that mirrors the worst religious confl...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/opinion-how-to-begin-the-hard-work-of-disagreeing-better/
These fees act as an inflation multiplier and a hidden tax on working Mainers. A sensible solution beckons.
My level-one diagnosis, later in life, lifted a weight off my shoulders.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/the-maine-millennial-on-autism-awareness-and-acceptance/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/many-reasons-not-to-restore-skowhegan-indian/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/overconsumption-also-drives-high-prices/
Restoring natural river flow supports fisheries, aquatic habitat and recreation, all of which are central to Maine’s economic growth and environmental values.
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/true-courage-is-rejecting-trumps-big-lie/
April 21, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/todays-editorial-cartoon-1758-2/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/waterville-art-project-offers-inspiration/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/watervilles-julia-listens-then-takes-action/
It's infuriating to see a proposal for increased taxes supported by state legislators.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/jim-fossel-we-dont-need-more-funds-we-dont-need-more-tax/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/what-can-i-learn-from-our-injustices/
Women must be paid proportionately to their male counterparts, not because of gender, but because they've earned it through talent, hard work, and dedication.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/hilary-koch-net-gains-and-razor-pains/
While much of Gen Z leans left politically, a strong frustration with American quality of life is present in many young people.
April 20, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/20/todays-editorial-cartoon-1759-2/
The Brennan administration created the toolkit for modern state government. In the process, Joe earned the undying loyalty, respect, and affection of everyone who ever worked for or with him, Fra...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/20/maine-compass-memories-of-joe-brennan/
Mainers should be empowered to make the important decisions regarding their children’s education.
April 19, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/19/todays-editorial-cartoon-1760-2/
Revisions to the USDA's school nutrition standards will strengthen a key source of nutrition for more than half of American schoolchildren.
Connection, both to our ancestors and with others around the world, is a powerful tool in the fight against loneliness and depression.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/18/opinion-passover-teaches-us-lessons-of-unity-and-connection/
April 18, 2024
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/18/todays-editorial-cartoon-1757-2/
Son of a union longshoreman, Brennan never strayed far from his birthplace, dying just a few blocks from the Kellogg Street tenement where he grew up, the columnist writes.
Most of my mail now falls into one of two categories: worthless or objectionable. It would help if the USPS would require identifying information on the envelopes.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/17/opinion-a-plea-to-usps-please-ban-envelope-anonymity/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/17/my-god-isnt-looking-for-human-sacrifices/
Letter
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/17/i-dont-recognize-rep-lemelins-vengeful-god/
Conservative Republican Trump insiders are confronting the fact that they have a tough decision they must make.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/17/commentary-voting-for-america-first/