By Krista Nadeau For Americans, the year 2020 will be one for the history books—and that’s an understatement. The grand finale, adding anxiety to an already unsettling and difficult year, is the […]
Anxiety for the Ages
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Gen Z Has a Voice, Too
Photo of Jessica McLellan, a seventeen-year old senior from Windham High School, photo taken by Samantha Jacobs By Samantha Jacobs November 3, 2020 is the day slated to be “the most important […]
Zoom Meetings & Our Minds
A letter from the Managing Editor by Timothy Randall With the 2020 Election coming up I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling a bit stressed. Especially with the Fall semester starting […]
Rank Choice Ballot Sample
by Tim Randall Reporting for the Associated Press on September 22nd, David Sharp informed readers that “Ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a presidential race in the […]
Dangerous Discussions
By Alex Griffin The United States has always relied on voting to elect officials. There have been changes over the years as to who is eligible to vote, but today all citizens […]
So Many Decisions to be Made
By Clayton Hoyle “We have the spirit of the nation basically on the line, the character of the next president also on the line. People who don’t vote now— I can’t even […]
CMP Corridor won’t be on the November ballot
“The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC)” by Tim Randall What would be undeniably fatal to many miles of undeveloped forests and countless ecosystems in Maine? Central Maine Power’s “The New England […]
A Photographers Perspective: Street Art
Story & photographs by Tamiya Joseph, contributor I have been doing photography for the last two and a half years. I have always been a curious person. Photography for me is a […]
Artist of the Month: Jerry Uelsmann
By Connie Clarkson As many artists know, the world is always changing, there are so many different forms of artbeing created, photography, graphic design, film, and painting are just a few of […]
The Reach of Ruth
By Krista Nadeau By Supreme Court of the United States – Supreme Court of the United States (Source 2), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55329542 My mother showed me how to never back down—she had […]
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