LETTER: In praise of local journalism
Journalism from The Rising Tide is another means of being better connected and building community, a reader writes
LETTER: Let's support local government by being more informed
Stonington should join other Maine towns that stream their public meetings
LETTER: Objection to streaming meetings is hard to understand
No one should be excluded from government meetings. Technology can help.
LETTER: Trust the people to decide if streaming is good for government
Transparency shapes behavior. Avoiding transparency is backwards.
LETTER: Streaming meetings helps busy business owners
Streaming meetings keeps more of us connected to what’s happening in the town we all share
LETTER: Streaming local meetings creates more participation
Streaming public meetings will allow greater participation for those who can’t attend in person
LETTER: Unintended consequences of streaming meetings
Streaming public meetings will only lead to scripted and performative government, writes Stonington’s select board chair
LETTER: Iran is prepared. Don’t underestimate how long it can hold out.
A former foreign correspondent from Brooklin recalls the Islamic Republic’s resolve in the Iran-Iraq War
LETTER: Brooklin should accept the gift of a church
Donation of church would create community hub for Brooklin and foster local businesses
LETTER: Legislation to make state taxes fair
Legislature mulling bills to reduce taxes on lower-income Mainers, with increases on higher-income individuals and corporations
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.