People who have cars will take the bus to avoid traffic and parking hassles as long as the service is reliable and convenient.
Greg Kesich
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: ‘Red Flag’ laws stigmatize people with mental illness
It’s not true that people with mental illness are responsible for most violent crime.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Opioids saved my life. Quitting them took 5 excruciating years.
You don’t have to be addicted to feel withdrawal symptoms and cravings when you stop taking the drugs.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: Starting life with a second chance
Most 25-year-olds don’t have to triple check their heart rate during spin class. Most 25-year-olds don’t get hooked up to a heart monitor machine and run on a treadmill until they physically have to stop. Most 25-year-olds don’t have a scar running down the length of their chest. But I guess I’m not like most […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Slow bureaucracy stifles new ideas
We can wait years for the Washington to issue rules to implement laws passed by the people’s representatives.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: A rendezvous that’s worth driving through New Jersey
Even that dark force of the Garden State can’t stop this family from a much desired reunion.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Jody Rich, Waterville: Healing is a new beginning
Radiation saved my life. No doubt about it. People ask if I feel differently; if I view the world with a new perspective. No, not really. The internal and external radiation burn I was left with remind me several times daily that I am not done with my illness. Seven years later, internal processes that […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Non-medical vaccine opt-outs put community at risk
The weakness of vaccination programs is that that they make people forget how bad communicable diseases can be.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Overall election spending is the real scandal
House Speaker Sara Gideon’s rule infraction is small compared to the perfectly legal way money floods our politics.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Public land has special meaning for veterans
Congress’ failure to fully fund land and water conservation puts some of the country’s sacred places at risk.