Many states are implementing cellphone policies. Maine should follow soon.
Editorials
Our View: Public beach access must be thoughtfully managed, protected
A fracas over parking in a Cape Elizabeth neighborhood highlights – yet again – tension between public, private and the supposed ‘character” of a place.
Our View: Presidential election buck stops with voters
Looking to elected representatives and others for statements that will change the course of the election is a pointless exercise.
Our View: Reform of Maine’s public defense system is the bottom line
The political aftermath of a recent violent rampage in Auburn shed a stark light on a very grave state of affairs.
Our View: The time to bring Evan Gershkovich home is indeed now
The plight of the Bowdoin graduate, unjustly imprisoned in Russia since March of last year, has to stay in the public eye.
View from Away: Lack of housing is pushing more seniors onto the streets. That’s on all of us
All homelessness is troubling. But there is something particularly unsettling about older people — those age 50 and above — falling into homelessness after decades of lives filled with homes and jobs, faced with spending their last years on a sidewalk. Yet the numbers of older homeless people are rising across the country. The proportion […]
Our View: Maine’s PFAS crisis demands change of approach
We’ve got to wrap our heads around the rising costs of solving this problem; they are only going to rise.
Our View: Abortion ruling allows Maine to stay the course – for now
The Mills administration’s consistent, proactive work on abortion access is still as important as ever.
Our View: School funding shouldn’t come to a scrum
Too often, Mainers fight tooth and nail to get voters’ blessing for school projects. Isn’t there a better way?
Our View: Mitigation of climate change must not be lost to its management
We seem eerily good at bracing for and braving the tumult that a changing climate throws our way – and less good at working to arrest the change.