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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The 132nd Legislature enacted a bill that effectively made "Maine, A Sanctuary State". LD 1971 "An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State…
A Bird's Tale
Mainers used to love to go on about how short the summers were here.
Not any more.
Climate change has elongated…
WHERE IT'S AT
The creative team of author and poet Susan Schadler and artists Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer recently released “Growing Wild: Four seasons of New England and Native Plants and Their Creatures.”…
A Bird's Tale
In this age of artificial intelligence, satellite tagging technology, automated sound recorders, genetic analyses, and countless other sophisticated science tools,…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Charlotte Nutt is one of the most inspiring women I know. Yes, I’m quite biased: I’m very proud to be her sister-in-law.
Like most people who care deeply about politics…
A Bird's Tale
We stumbled upon a surprising concentration of shorebirds a few days ago. If you’ve ever driven down Interstate 295 to Portland, you have driven over the Royal…
From the assistant editor
I tend to think of "By the time you read this" as one of those superfluous, disposable phrases, like "in order to" instead of "to" and "out of an abundance of caution" instead of "out of caution…
A Bird's Tale
We made our migration back from North Carolina last week after an enjoyable but brutally hot, humid time there as we recounted in last week’s…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am supporting Charlotte Nutt for State Representative because I believe our community would benefit from having someone in Augusta who understands the Midcoast firsthand and…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I recently drove Charlotte Nutt, candidate for Maine House District 48, as she canvassed voters throughout South Bristol. We stopped at over 20 homes and, time after time, I…
A Bird's Tale
Like early migrating birds, we have recently made a trek south from Maine to North Carolina. It’s not the time of year when most Mainers head south—not when temperatures have regularly been in the…
From the editor
Maybe it was one of those cooler mornings of late, or maybe it was seeing the heating oil signs edging toward $5 per gallon? In any case, thoughts of winter crossed my mind this past week.
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From the assistant editor
Times are always changing, but sometimes more than at other times. Whether you celebrate or shake your head at changes nationally and globally in politics, social and other media, and all else we…
Where It's At
Back in 1969 Jackie DeShannon sang these words: "Think of your fellow man, Give him a helping hand, Put A Little Love In Your Heart."
DeShannon's…
Community of Hope
In 1981, a handful of survivors of…
From the editor
While waiting at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Topsham recently while my wife was waiting to get her driver’s license renewed, I got tired of looking at my phone so I walked to the back of…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Several weeks ago, based on historical data showing a modest annual seal level rise, I submitted a…
