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Maine Voices: Restore Maine’s place as bastion of wild, native fish A recent state proposal invests too much in harmful fish hatcheries, says the chairman of the Maine chapter of the Native Fish Coalition. By Tom JohnsonSpecial to the Press Herald Share I am writing on behalf of the Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition regarding the recent proposal by the state to allocate $20 million from the American Rescue Plan to update and modernize Maine’s fish hatcheries. Native Fish Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots, donor-funded, all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the conser...

AUGUSTA — Two bills sponsored by State Representative Bill Pluecker (I-Warren) were signed into law this week by Governor Janet Mills. LD 870, Resolve, “Directing the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal...

Appallingly, 33 testimonials tried to defend L.D. 1225, without a shred of factual, objective evidence, relying instead on personally held religious beliefs.

As a society, we should be trying to build resiliency in children and their families, writes the president of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Community Calendar: May 19-29 Wednesday 5/19 Literary Lunch: Brock Clarke discusses “I, Grape; Or the Case For Fiction” with Sarah Domet, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free, portlandlibrary.com. Wednesday 5/26 Edward Ball will speak about the book “The Life of a Klansman” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, as part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” by Maine Historical Society in Portland. Contributed / Nina Subin “The Life of a Klansman,” Begin Again Series Zoom book talk with Edward Ball, 6 p.m., part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intole...