Tue, 05/11/2021 - 10:45pm
BATH The Camden Hills varsity girls lacrosse team extended its winning streak to four Tuesday, May 11 in Bath against Morse. The junior varsity squad, meanwhile, fell to Morse.
In the varsity showdown, Camden Hills dominated the hosts early, taking an 8-2 advantage into the halftime pause before doubling its tally for a final of 16-4.
Camden Hills was guided to victory by Anna Griebel (assist), Bella Ward (two goals, assist), Grace Cody (two goals), Caroline Contento (four goals, assist), Alexia Cazemajou (five goals, assist), Anya Babb-Brott (goal, two assists), Ava Baeza (assist), Ella Powers (goal) and Sofia Mott (goal).
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Maine Voices: Lowering voting age to 16 will give more stakeholders a say in our democracy
Today’s young people are expected to fix past generations’ mistakes, yet we don’t have the basic right to cast a ballot. L.D. 706 would change that.
By Lilliana Frantz and Cole CochraneSpecial to the Press Herald
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The state of Maine is unique in the nation because of our advanced democratic system. Voters approved ranked-choice voting in a 2016 referendum to enhance third-party voices and promote civic education. In 2000, the Maine Clean Elections Act was instituted to decrease corruption with a voluntary public-financing program for political candidates. These reforms make Maine a leading-edge microcosm within the grand American experiment where democracy is continuously constructed. To reach an ideal democracy, however, our state must continue to redesign the future. And the next step in this redesign process is to amend the Maine Constitution and lower t