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Executive Editor Eric Conrad sheds light on our newspapers and our Web sites, on the role of community journalists, sharing news and perspective about the challenges facing the media industry, and offering insight into the frequent comments and contact we have with readers, government leaders and the business community.

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Unbelieveable fishing story Wal-Mart vs. Target vs. KMart Investigating animal cruelty Help us plan winter-heating stories Maine vs. Pennsylvania Pellet stoves, animal cruelty and Maine's outdoors About our newspapers' errors The Celtics' MVP: Once again, it's Kevin McHale Getting "details" from the Pittston home invasion I was wrong: It's Obama vs.McCain Will energy costs make Maine a 'wasteland?' WayneJournal.com launches Sunday Rating our high school sports coverage Another "small-town" Web site is coming your way Is your job "safe?" Is ANY job safe? Political signs, the Portland Press Herald and us Should Maine become "Call Center Central?" Our city editors argued; you decide who's right College graduations aren't what they used to be Critiquing Sunday's newspapers Are the Republicans on a roll? Are small public schools an endangered species? Miley Cyrus and me At a meeting for the hearing-impaired A new city editor in Waterville Are gas prices changing your life? Our Augusta series: What do you think? Do you trust newspaper Web sites? Red Sox, Tigers scuffle An expert debates news Web sites Next 'micro-local' Web site: FarmingtonSentinel.com Real ID and me Iraq death toll hits 4,000 Tribute to the snow plow operators Spring training, March Madness and skunks on the road Hold off AARP! Sex, sensationalism and today's front pages School consolidation in a nutshell Early feedback on our new-look newspapers Getting a headline wrong Our new-look newspapers A top U.S. editor meets with our reporters Big training ops, changes coming Investigating the Baby Boom generation Where are the women coaches? As Maine goes? Augusta, Waterville get no prez respect We'll see you in China Thursday Friday night's crash and the 'attitude indicator' John Frary stops by The Lawrence-Lewiston "basketbrawl" Legislators offer peek into upcoming session We've changed our approach to web comments Now public high schools are recruiting Returning to my editing roots, in Waterville Maine Press Day at Statehouse Who will win the presidency? Ice storm series, new magazine coming Too many nonprofits? Good move NFL, don't do what boxing did Online comments and a poor Maine family Attorney General Rowe stops by Launching a micro-local news site, for China Sports drive sales White Christmas. Merry Christmas? Do you play poker? Plum Creek, Gov. Baldacci and our summer intern The NY Times editor on our future Rating the TV presidential debates A critique of last week's papers It's New England contest time New voices in the paper, conservative and local What, we're not intriguing? A tougher look at U-Maine's Cosgrove Hollywood writers strike hits home 2007 election redux Teachers, sex and secrecy Sports galore this weekend Columnist Bill Nemitz pays a visit Our Red Sox front pages Christmas sales pre-Halloween? Send a Maine journalist our way Looking for tired Sox fans Look up! New election site Our election coverage begins Q&A with the governor coming Sunday Day at the museum 57 channels and nothin' on Which World Series matchup do you want? Our role in the Winslow strip-search story New faces, new roles Should we keep "Reader Comments?" Yes or No Our new sports editor My take on the weekend newspapers Column today on Okie murder details Go pharmacists go! Selling New England's NASCAR jewel College, private or public? Hunters in decline nationally Turn up the volume, watch DCI tonight Major awards for our Web sites Never let your ex-wife write your biography Travis L. is Alabama-bound Darwin and newspaper readers Heroic nun, a possible twister, nudity at the dentist's office Hipper, more helpful, in Life & Leisure Web numbers are growing Goodbye, beautiful Hunger series, why black & white? A special series on hunger starts Monday Newborn moose photos! Do you want to work in the paper industry? More lawyers for Maine Watch the weather Maine mountain lions exist Fireworks and the First Amendment Bruce Willis, sequels and me Fish intestines, Putin and killer moose Will you rate our Web sites? Red Sox (commentators) vs. the Phillies' On hiatus Building a great capital The powerful vs. the powerful Sharing an in-house critique Being an intern is hard work What do you think about school consolidation? Changes are coming Passing the Volvo line

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