Editorials:

No ambiguity: Lobster is safe, green stuff isn't
The intersection of commerce and public health can be a dangerous place.

Columns:

GEORGE SMITH : Raise a stein to toast first-rate beers brewed in Maine
Beer is driving Maine's economy forward, one bottle at a time, in microbreweries all over the state.

Letters to the Editor:

Finally, dam comes down and river flows freely
Hallelujah! The Fort Halifax dam is finally coming down after years of hard work and persistence by those who advocate for free-flowing rivers and common sense.

Paper resents citizen involvement
The paper's recent editorials concerning the removal of the Fort Halifax dam have been critical of Save Our Sebasticook (SOS). Does the editorial board really think that citizens should not have the right to participate in the decision-making process that directly affects their community?

Don't use schools as scape-goat for Monmouth
The schools in Monmouth are the heart of the community. Good schools always equate to a healthy tax base, good property values and sustainability. The debate on our school budget has eroded into misstatements and accusations by a small group of anti-tax citizens. The advocates of good schools have been cast aside as elitists unconcerned about the welfare of the elderly and the average citizen concerned about heat and food this winter.

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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. For more, click here.

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. For more, click here.

CHANGING OUR OPINION PAGES
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