LETTER: Collins should hold public meetings on hospitals, immigration
Political ads tout Sen. Collins’ assistance to hospitals. My clinic just closed.
Stonington official: Police protection for town still available even if no contract
Stonington select board member reassures public that authorities will respond to calls, even after voters shot down a contract with the sheriff’s office
Forget tariffs. We need energy to drive Maine’s economy.
Maine’s high cost of energy is holding us back, writes a Blue Hill resident.
Does anyone care about rural Mainers?
From housing to healthcare to education, rural Maine is being forgotten
Castine clinic closing is ‘far from the end of this story’
Feb. 27 was the last day of services the clinic in Castine. It first opened in 1928.
EDITORIAL: Hey, democracy. We gotta talk.
When local candidates refuse to engage, voters are robbed off the chance to listen—and be heard
A plea from winter road walkers
Share the road with outdoor walkers, writes a Blue Hill resident
A traffic circle in Orland makes more sense than stoplights
A traffic circle would keep vehicles moving along Rte. 1 in Orland and would be a better solution for the long-term, writes a Penobscot resident.
Futility of violence and ugliness of cruelty on full display
ICE operations are underway in southern Maine. And yet, writes a Brooksville reader, Mainers are demonstrating their compassion.
EDITORIAL: The uncomfortable, but necessary, conversation about GSA’s future
Rising Tide publisher John Boit says area towns need to have an uncomfortable, but necessary, conversation about George Stevens Academy.
LETTER: All hail, the plow guys of winter
A Sedgwick resident thanks the people who plow the roads—and many others who make our lives safer.
Former school head: Implying that past GSA staff reductions were cavalier is inaccurate
Former GSA school head Tim Seeley says the current board is inaccurate in implying previous staff reductions were done in a cavalier manner.
Lease revisions needed for Castine’s day care
A group of Castine residents and parents say it is crucial that a lease be revised for a Castine day care.
Librarian recalls how childhood wrestling hero Tony Atlas taught Maine kids to ‘scoop the butter’
Blue Hill library director Rich Boulet recalls some pro-wrestling moves from his childhood growing up in central Maine—including a signature “scoop the butter” move.
LETTER: Renew Castine daycare lease and work on succession plan
A Castine resident says the lease for the Round School should be renewed, allowing the school’s founders to work on a succession plan.
LETTER: Diverting mission of Castine daycare would be ‘enormous loss’ for children
Two letter writers say that diverting the mission of the Castine Children’s Learning Center would be an “enormous loss.”
LETTER: Effects of prolonged rockweed harvesting are not well studied
Rockweed harvesting is becoming more popular. But do we know enough about its effects? No, says two local retired professors.
The ‘neurological we,’ when those we love are gone
A Brooklin writer discusses the manifestations of those who are gone.
The time my mother brought home a live turkey for Thanksgiving
A Stonington resident recalls when her mother won a live turkey for Thanksgiving.
Stonington official to nonprofits: ‘Stop the double-dipping’
Stonington official says nonprofits need to “stop double dipping”: asking for town funding while also receiving property tax exemptions.

