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The usual political campaign season, filled with bland soundbites and endless attack ads, can make a person tune out. But this year is different.…

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The supreme principle of our constitutional republic is that our leaders govern by and with the consent of the people. Any challenge to honest and fair elections or a person’s…

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Senator Collins’s latest Tuesday Report came in this week full of smiling pictures and a list of local groups she…

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Candidate Donald Trump promised to end the USA’s ‘forever wars

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I participate in the peaceful protests in local towns. In general, the protests have been quiet, friendly, and neighborly, with honks and waves of…

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On Jan. 20, I testified before the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee as a volunteer with AARP Maine and as someone who has…

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Countries grow to greatness with brave and resolute leaders supported by citizens united in a national pride.…

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Election integrity is a concern of most voters. The majority believe cheating has affected voting results. The most recent Gallup poll shows that 84% want voter ID. The…

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Before Trump, the US was in trouble. Like the Titanic, we were taking on water and sinking. We had shipped our industries and jobs…

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In the chaos and violence of immigrant removal actions in recent days, the names "ICE" or "Border Security," or leaders in those agencies -- Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, Gregory…

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The federal government using the slogan “Catch of the Day” to name their roundup operation in Maine is beyond disrespectful, it’s dehumanizing, reducing human beings to objects…

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Jake Day’s Christmas gift to our communities, his Christmas Windows, has endured for almost 80 years due to the generosity and efforts of many. For almost 40 years, Jake…

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With demonstrators on bridges and overpasses waving their now fading Ukrainian flags and “No Kings” signs, it is time to consider what Trump has done for them and for all…

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The Wiscasset Fire Association has held an annual raffle for many years, and over time it has grown into a wonderful fundraiser that benefits our organization. None of this…

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If you live in District 47—Alna, Jefferson, Whitefield, or Wiscasset—and haven’t yet met your state…

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In a bold move, US Marshals arrested Nicolas Maduro and his wife on charges of narco- terrorism, cocaine…

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As I sweep the dismal news events of the past week out of my mind so I can get some sleep, I’m assailed by one film clip that won’t leave me alone. It features Donald Trump…

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It could have a promise from Putin to never invade again.
It could have a promise from from the US and NATO to defend Ukraine at all cost if Russia breaks the deal.
It…

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One in eight families in Lincoln County depend on SNAP benefits for at least part of their food budget.

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Steve Robinson, of the Maine Wire, recently released an article titled “…

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It is disturbing that the opposition to President Trump has led to vandalizing street signs. The Kings Highway in the Sheepscott Village, Newcastle is historically one of the…

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I see a real division in our…

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Earlier this week, my husband and I attended a scheduled meeting of the Edgecomb Select Board. We were there, as neighbors living on the…

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There have been several letters about the 250 ballots reportedly found…

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Last week The Maine Wire broke the story of 250 blank Maine ballots found in an Amazon order of rice, paper…

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Question 1, the voter referendum item up for a vote in November that…

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In America, freedom of speech has always been one of our most cherished rights. Yet today that freedom is under threat from President Trump and the MAGA movement. Trump’s…

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This month, The Meyers Report issued an “Election Rules Review.” It is an assessment of voting rules in all 50…

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As a Mainer who has…

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On behalf of my family, I thank all those who helped make the celebration of life for my husband, David Parkhurst, a memorable one. Michelle Brown Wilson at Brown’s Wharf and…

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This is in response to last week’s letter, “Not gaslighting or fraud.” The man-caused global warming rollout got…

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The Future of the Schools Committee’s final report recommends that Wiscasset should explore a brand-new regional model. Why new? There are existing regional schools, most with…

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I’m puzzled at the strategy of the Republican backers of Question 1, coming before Maine voters in November. The ostensible purpose of the backers…

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Eight months ago, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists took another second off the Doomsday Clock, bringing us closer to the end of humanity. The clock…

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Several years ago the Maine Department of Transportation redesigned Main Street in downtown Wiscasset. They changed the traffic pattern in order to…

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Recently, there have been two widely publicized housing developments in the region funded with affordable housing funds and celebrated as a great step forward in righting the “…

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The radical Right and their Supreme Court justices claim the high ground in American jurisprudence by being “originalists.” They assert that they, and they alone, understand…

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In 1975, Gerald Ford was president, the USSR was a world power, and Microsoft was founded. On Aug. 2 and 3 of…

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At one time Trump said, "We're gonna win so much, you may even get tired of…

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Labor will never own the means of production in this country. Maine Democrats spreading Bog Apple anguish.