Ben Bragdon

Staff Writer

Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Heat wave shows inequitable effects of climate change

by The Editorial Board August 17, 2022August 16, 2022

In Maine and around the world, this summer’s unbearable heat has hit low-income people far harder than everyone else.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Scholar Strategy Network: Supreme Court rules against individual liberty

by Kimberly Simmons Special to Central Maine Newspapers August 16, 2022August 15, 2022

According to the majority of justices, the Constitution may only fully protect men. This terrifies and enrages me, writes a professor at University of Southern Maine.

Op-Eds, Opinion