Letter
Megan Bachelder
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Somerset County courts for Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Kennebec County courts Aug. 15-Sept. 4, 2019
A roundup of cases closed Aug. 15-Sept. 4, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress must erase conflicts in pot laws
It’s time our federal laws reflect that legal marijuana is a fact of life for the majority of Americans .
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Secretary of State: Buckle up – you won’t be sorry
That thin band of nylon can be a lifesaver, Matthew Dunlap says.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: What we don’t know about vaping can hurt us
Many people, including health professionals, have assumed that e-cigarettes are safer than traditional cigarettes because they use heated liquid vapor (hence the term “vaping”) rather than burning tobacco leaves in a process that has been proved to be carcinogenic. But “safer” doesn’t mean “risk-free.” A troubling increase of acute lung disease among e-cigarette users across […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Community Compass: Column on Slates incident left some truths out
I’m writing as an activist and human, with what I assume to be human morals. The newspaper recently published a column by Sam Shain discussing the controversy involving Slates restaurant in Hallowell (“Sam Shain: Slates story shows hatred spreading to the left,” Aug. 12). I’d like to dig into what he think happened. Shain started […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: What we keep getting wrong about mass shootings
There is a special kind of stupidity that approaches terrible and repeating problems with an obstinate assurance of what the answer will or won’t be. Or maybe it’s cynicism — just digging in against any sort of movement that might be politically dangerous, even if it promises to break the paralysis of doing nothing repeatedly. […]
