Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2011
Researchers make golf balls from lobster shells
The balls are made from crushed lobster shells with a biodegradable binder, and are intended for use on cruise ships.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2011
Nature watchers sought to track climate change
Signs of the Seasons will monitor seasonal changes in 13 plants and animals.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2011
Deer-feeding signs divide Cumberland
The signs, which warn against the practice due to disease, revive the furor over 2010’s proposed ban.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2011
LePage tells teachers to blame Democrats
The governor says state educators facing reduced benefits ‘have been sold a bill of goods.’
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PublishedMarch 18, 2011
Standish man sentenced on gun charge
A judge gives Joseph Jenkins three years in prison.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2011
RSU 14, teachers ratify contract
The new contract includes an annual 2 percent pay raise.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2011
Henry VIII’s closing eateries in Portland, Kennebunkport
PORTLAND – Henry VIII’s, a popular sandwich shop in Monument Square, will close April 1. Alice Olcott, who bought the business with her husband, Fritz, in 2006, said they had a loyal customer base, but it just wasn’t big enough. She said business is off 20 percent from last year, and food prices have gone […]
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PublishedMarch 16, 2011
Popular Monument Sq. sandwich shop to close
Henry VIII’s will be the second restaurant in the square to close this year.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2011
Freeport High evacuted following gas leak
A leaky stove is suspected.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2011
Bates concert to benefit Japan quake victims
The orchestra’s conductor was born in Sendai, the quake’s epicenter.
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