Editorials:
6 from Maine make their marks in Beijing
In the old days, about the only rowing folks did around Maine was in dories, setting trawls. Rowing wasn't a competitive sport, it was a skill you used to ply the fishing grounds where you made your living. You didn't row on smooth water, either -- the roaring, roiling ocean was your home, usually at night, when you set off from the schooner that brought you offshore, armed with tubs of trawl line.
Columns:
GEORGE SMITH : Returning to GOP after 90 days as Democrat not as easy as expected
Confession time. On Thursday, I will have been a Democrat for 90 days. It'll be an important day of decision for me.
Letters to the Editor:
Major parties will do anything to win elections
Donald Barrett wrote a good letter (Aug. 9) about our independent candidate for the Senate, Herbert Hoffman.
Typos, other errors don't reflect well on newspaper
I am writing with concern about your newspaper and its reporters. I do not feel that your reporters are very professional. Lately, I have found several typing errors and errors in sentence structure. Plus, the "maturity" in reporting professionally is definitely lacking.
Giving your word used to matter in deals
I went shopping for my teenage daughter's first car and found one. The owner said the car was sound. We agreed on a price $200 less than the list price and my mechanic could check the car.
Bass fishing derbies help spread milfoil infestation
Now we have milfoil in Belgrade Lakes. That is terrible news. It's good to see the Department of Environmental Protection react immediately. DEP works very hard to control and mitigate milfoil infestations.
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OPINIONS SPECIAL PROJECTS
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, “The Maine Woods.” We mark the 150th anniversary of Thoreau’s 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger Series
"For I was hungry," a seven-part editorial series, documents the depth and breadth of hunger in Maine, from the dramatic increase in food pantries to the thousands of children who come to school hungry to the elderly with bare cupboards.
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CHANGING OUR OPINION PAGES
You've asked for a greater range of opinions. More voices from the full political spectrum. More local voices. More space for more Reader Opinions. We've heard you.
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