Blue Hill’s pub issue is a cautionary tale for Penobscot
Proposed pub would be a ‘radical change to our quiet village and to the town itself’ says abutter
Students need to fail. That’s why we go to the woods.
An annual retreat to the woods is just the sort of confidence builder we need more of in the classroom
Candidates need to show up to public forums
In an era of divisive politics and lack of trustworthy news, we need more opportunities to meet our candidates
Adding pub in Penobscot will not threaten town’s character
Town can ‘preserve its rural charm while supporting the small businesses that help keep it alive,’ says store owner
Something’s brewing in Penobscot
‘Once crossed, a line cannot be uncrossed’ when it comes to allowing a pub in Penobscot, writes a resident
LETTER: Thanks for letting me be part of a Sesame Street neighborhood
Watching island life unfold from behind counter of a tiny post office
LETTER: Library invites all candidates to coffee-hour ‘schmoozes’
East Blue Hill Library extends open invitation to candidates to attend ‘casual’ conversations every Saturday until election
LETTER: Steel band concerts remind me why I returned to the peninsula
Recalling the pleasure of looking into the faces of hundreds of people and seeing pure, unfiltered joy
OP-ED: The patriotism of dissent
Brooklin’s flags remind one writer of ‘the right to say when we have fallen short’
LETTER: Principal holds moment of silence in memory of 9/11
Rebecca Gratz of Deer Isle-Stonington High School led students through the timeline—and a moment of silence—for those lost 25 years ago
OP-ED: A New York principal’s account of 9/11
She navigated students to safety, plus other thoughts on the national repercussions from the terrorist attacks
OP-ED: A solution to the ‘squeeze on our Island’
Deer Isle development is in final capital campaign push to house the ‘missing middle,’ writes Stonington’s town manager
20 years after ‘Tire Tracks’ left a mark
Let’s use the anniversary of a film about burning rubber to shape our shared future
LETTER: Raising the alarm on surveillance cameras
We shouldn’t allow Flock Safety cameras into our community
LETTER: The loss of fisheries should be an alarm for humans
Our understanding of the mechanisms of extinction is woefully inadequate, says a Brooklin resident
LETTER: Platner was a flawed candidate
A Brooksville resident says nation needs dialogue, character and moderation
LETTER: Movement behind Platner ‘worth fighting for’
Penobscot resident Sonia Turanski says Mainers ‘want a candidate that will fight for working people’
LETTER: Protecting our ears at community parades
Stonington’s Pat Dobbs asks fellow residents to consider consider the impact of sirens
LETTER: Still time to reconsider Carrying Place vote
Resident Philip Roberts says voters have an opportunity to protect public safety and ensure fiscal responsibility
Op-ed: Maine’s working waterfront is not for sale
‘We are now watching in real time a corporate power-grab happening in Maine’s tidal rivers and estuaries’