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• Make school meals free permanently

  Sep 10
  It is an established fact — and frankly common sense — that regular access to food improves student health, performance and outcomes later in ...
  

• To fight the pandemic, get your flu shot early

  Aug 27
  There is a safe, effective, widely available vaccine that can help fight the pandemic. No, it's not the COVID-19 vaccine, whose development looks ...
  

• Time to cool the temperature and hear each other out

  By The Republican ... - Aug 13
  The temperature of public dialog in Waldo County has spiked recently, along with the summer heat and humidity. First there was the sign in support ...
  

• Truth: An expectation, an obligation

  By The Republican ... - Jul 30
  A small-town newspaper like The Republican Journal seldom has the opportunity to comment on national issues or stories. Indeed, given our mission ...
  

• Parents need a plan for back-to-school

  Jul 16
  In order for the economy to truly reopen, students must return to school in the fall and parents must have a clear idea of what is expected of ...
  

• Upholding America's ideal of equality

  By The Republican ... - Jun 18
  We were pleasantly surprised June 15, when the Supreme Court upheld a broad interpretation of the the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ruling in Bostock ...
  

• Why support local journalism now?

  By The Editorial Board - May 14
  As the COVID-19 pandemic has reached this community, it has become clearer than ever why it is so important to have the information needed in a ...
  

• Recovery: Take it slow, make it last

  Apr 23
  This week we have seen an unfortunate, but probably inevitable, trend in Maine and across the country as conservative protesters have gone to ...
  

• Many helpers step up in COVID-19 emergency

  By The Editorial Board - Mar 20
  The last week has been unprecedented in the lives of many in the Midcoast. A public health crisis, long-awaited, suddenly became frighteningly ...
  

• Facing COVID-19 as a community

  By The Editorial Board - Mar 13
  A lot has changed in a single week. We have been hearing for some time now about the outbreak around the world of the 2019 novel coronavirus ...
  

• Our news coverage is not for sale

  By The Republican ... - Sep 03
  It is no secret that the long-running process of Nordic Aquafarms' permit applications for its proposed Belfast fish farm has been accompanied by ...
  

• Going postal

  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 ...
  

• Green light: Proceed with caution

  Aug 06
  On Friday, Gov. Mills gave all 16 Maine counties the green light to open schools this fall, but that doesn't mean everything can go back to ...
  

• Small businesses deserve our support

  Jul 23
  We've heard a lot about the fragility of Maine's economy. An Oxford Economics analysis cites Maine as the state most likely to experience severe ...
  

• Vote yes on 1 to support the future of rural Maine

  Jul 09
  The internet is integrated into everything we do. It's no longer something you log onto here and there, but a constant feature — a portal through ...
  

• We are all witnesses to systemic racism

  Jun 04
  We are all witnesses. By now, we have all had the opportunity to see the video in which Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George ...
  

• Patience, humility required to reopen Maine

  Apr 30
  It has been almost a month since Gov. Mills issued a stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, and many Maine residents have ...
  

• All in this together

  Apr 02
  Let's all acknowledge that these are tough, unprecedented times. We've been thrown off our routines, robbed of our usual social contacts and ...
  

• Facing COVID-19 as a community

  By The Editorial Board - Mar 19
  A lot has changed in about a week. We have been hearing for some time now about the outbreak around the world of the 2019 novel coronavirus ...
  

• Don't wait to prepare for coronavirus

  Mar 05
  U.S. Sen. Angus King, independent of Maine, announced Feb. 26 that he was joining a bipartisan group of senators to introduce the Public Health ...