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• Broadband: If you build it, they will come

  Apr 15
  Broadband and fiber represent some of the best infrastructure to invest in for our area. Even before the pandemic, we were seeing an influx of ...
  

• Support for Habitat for Humanity project

  By The Editorial Board - Mar 11
  City leaders did the right thing this week in making the zoning changes needed to allow smaller, more efficient dwellings, and should also allow ...
  
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  Being true to ourselves

  By The Editorial Board - Jan 21
  It is disheartening to see locals engaging in the mayhem that has been coming out of Washington, D.C. Someone spraypainted “Kill Mills” on the ...
  
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  Smith family, Maine Sport deserve credit for downtown solution

  Jan 07
  A situation that concerned many about the future of downtown Rockland turned into a win-win this week, thanks to a move by Stuart and Marianne ...
  

• Our view: In defense of snow days

  Dec 03
  In some ways, it seems like we have all been on a snow day that has lasted most of the year. However, we remain optimistic that someday we will ...
  

• Courier-Gazette Editorial Oct. 29

  Oct 29
  Check us out online Election Night Due to tight deadlines, we will not be able to post election voting results in the Nov. 5 print edition of The ...
  

• Town officials over the line in defending Dragon

  By The Courier-Gazette ... - Sep 17
  “Nothing to see here,” was the message as Thomaston Planning Board Chair Joanne Richards and Select Board Chair Peter Lammert held a cheerleading ...
  

• Back to school in the COVID-19 era

  By The Courier-Gazette ... - Aug 27
  As fall nears, Midcoast schools have announced their back-to-school plans. Whether parents have chosen to return their children to in-person ...
  

• Gentrification, police to shape city politics

  By The Courier-Gazette ... - Aug 13
  It is early in the political season for the City of Rockland, but we predict two topics will loom large in the race for council seats this year — ...
  

• Pick a plan for A.D. Gray and go for it

  Jul 30
  The town of Waldoboro should jump on the opportunity to develop, preserve and keep alive the A.D. Gray school building, with two potential ...
  

• Editorial: This is no time for vaccine hesitancy

  Apr 01
  It is easy to be afraid of the wrong things. Many people have been hesitant to receive vaccines in recent years because of misinformation that was ...
  
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  Legislature can find a better way to help Maine’s small ...

  By The Portland Press ... - Feb 04
  Nothing like a battle over fine print in the tax code to kick off a legislative session. The first shot was fired by Gov. Mills, who released a ...
  
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  Turning back to the truth

  Jan 14
  The importance of the truth should be the lesson of Jan. 6. The mob that stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., ultimately causing the deaths of ...
  

• Our View: We remain strong as a community

  Dec 24
  Throughout the year, our community section is filled with stories, photos and press releases about local groups and individuals doing things to ...
  

• RSU 40 board needs better priorities, transparency

  By The Courier-Gazette ... - Nov 13
  The RSU 40 board needs prompting from parents and citizens to be more transparent and set better priorities. This became clear during its Nov. 5 ...
  
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  Develop the Thomaston Green

  Oct 08
  We were stunned to see the town of Thomaston vote down two good proposals for developing the former prison land on Route 1 known as the Thomaston ...
  

• Support for nursing home project

  Sep 03
  It would be a mistake for the city to pass up the opportunity to establish a new nursing home on Old County Road. The project will be badly ...
  

• Going postal

  By The Courier-Gazette ... - Aug 20
  It is almost impossible to overstate the magnitude of President Donald Trump's decision to weaken the U.S. Postal Service in order to prevent ...
  

• Wrong approach to police reform

  Aug 06
  The people bringing a petition to the Rockland City Council with the objective of defunding the police department have good intentions, but this ...
  

• Thank you, Lee-Ann!

  Jul 23
  We suppose congratulations are in order for Lee-Ann Upham of Thomaston, who is retiring from her position as a select board member after 27 ...