EDITORIAL: LePage should have attended dam ceremony.(Editorial)

June 12--On Monday, Maine showed the world how to advance economic and environmental interests at the same time with a comprehensive project that involved state, federal and tribal governments along with private power companies and nonprofit groups all working together. It's too bad our governor couldn't be there. A historic collaboration came to fruition with the start of demolition of the Great Works Dam, which has been impeding the free migration of sea-run fish for more than a century. The removal of the dam, along with the bypass or removal of two others, will open access to 1,000 miles of habitat for native fish like the endangered Atlantic salmon and short-nosed sturgeon. …