Editorial: The $10.6-million question
The Hancock County Commissioners have a happy – if potentially knotty – problem to solve.
Editorials
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Editorial: Capping cruise ships
Whether they travel by land or sea, everyone it seems wants to be on Mount Desert Island.
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Editorial: Giving children the chance to succeed
An estimated 8 million U.S. children, the majority under age 5, lived in households with at least one parent with a substance use disorder from 2009 to 2014, according to a report by the United Hospital Fund.
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Editorial: It takes a village
Last week, hundreds of people from Mount Desert Island (and beyond) followed the travels of a lone truck driver who was bringing a 200,000-pound building to Mount Desert Island Hospital
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Editiorial: Consequences of success
The secret is out about Acadia National Park. With more than 100 years of history behind it, the park draws roughly 3.5 million people each year to its peaks, carriage roads and green spaces. The sweeping vistas from nearly every mile of the park’s loop road are a sight to behold. It is no surprise that people come in large …
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Editorial: No child left hungry
Public education is meant to be the great equalizer, but children know early and acutely what sets them apart from their peers. That includes economic disparities. They look askance at their scuffed thrift-store sneakers next to a classmate’s shiny Nikes. There might be no one at home after school to help with homework. The stomachs tucked against their desks each morning may …
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Editorial: Wild weather a harbinger of things to come
Never mind the heavy downpours of late, much of Maine was still in a drought last week. That was despite a June 9 storm that spewed over 5 inches of rain in parts of Hancock and Washington counties, pummeling Acadia’s carriage roads and destroying a Birch Harbor bridge. The estimated cost of repairs for that storm alone is over $2.5 million. Last week another storm brought more …
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Editorial: Maine nonprofits need your help
Last year, many nonprofit organizations took a hit at a time when their services were needed the most. Nonprofit organizations, in normal years, provide significant support to the community in ways that often go unnoticed or unreported. With demand up due to the pandemic – especially in areas such as food and housing – many worked tirelessly to make sure resources were available to those who needed them while …
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Editorial: Land of the free
This July Fourth, we will wake up and do pretty much whatever we want. There are parameters, of course. Thousands of laws on the books will hopefully reign in any criminal impulses. Job and familial obligations, financial constraints and societal norms hem us in further. Children long for the freedoms of adulthood while adults know …
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Editorial: Skip the plastic
In 2019, Maine’s 129th Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic bags and polystyrene containers – a step in the right direction toward removing nonbiodegradable materials from the waste stream. But, as soon as the pandemic hit, implementation was pushed back as part of executive measures to respond to COVID-19. At nearly the same time, shoppers were told they could no longer bring …