A year out of college, I was finding it impossible to land a job in the journalistic profession for which I’d spent four years preparing. There were two newspapers in Salt Lake City, where I was living at the time, and neither the Tribune nor the Deseret News was interested in my unproven reportorial prowess. […]
Greg Kesich
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Leslie Bowering, Concord Township: Saved by the miracle map
My husband, Alan, walks through the Maine woods regularly with an ease and confidence I cannot share. He has been wandering through vast woodlands since he was 5, so I was not surprised when he saw the old fire tower off in the distance, researched the trail map and decided to hike to it. We […]
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Cheryl A. Stringer, New Gloucester: Panic on the rocks
I am not by nature a risk-taker. In general I prefer to play it safe, at least in real life. But even the most cautious people can have their moments of insanity, especially in their teen years. One summer day I visited Fort Williams with my family. I had spent several of my formative years […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Stop use of immigration ‘iceboxes’
A Mainer reports on her conversations with asylum seekers stuck on the Mexican side of the southwest border.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Time to rethink system for defending Maine’s poor
Questions about cost and quality should lead lawmakers to consider starting a public defender system.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Impeachment inquiry proves justified
The glaring open question is whether any Republican will defend this constitutional process.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Letters about vaccines blur the lines
As the old saying goes, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Losing her locks for a good cause
‘Hair Matters’ in South Portland makes wigs using donated hair for people who lose theirs from chemotherapy.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Portland right to put the brakes on surveillance tech
Police cameras in the schools and use of facial recognition software represent erosions of privacy that should not be taken lightly.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine attorney general right to join emissions lawsuit
People concerned about warming waters in the Gulf of Maine have a direct interest in what comes out of a tailpipe in California.