Volunteering for Maine’s upcoming Special Olympics offers a path to redemption for Graham Platner

Volunteering for Maine’s upcoming Special Olympics offers a path to redemption for Graham Platner

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Robert Bakker of Bangor is a health care professional and lifelong ocean racer who draws on his European roots and decades of navigating New England waters to write as A Dutchman in Maine. Recently, Graham Platner reminded us how quickly frustration can turn into somethi…