The deal offered to some wind farm neighbors provides a model of how to heat with electricity.
2011
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Postal Service is changing to meet marketplace’s demands
A recent editorial identified the right problem, but missed the solutions.
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Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Decade of change in protecting children
Former Gov. Baldacci was among those who repaired a child protective system that was not safeguarding children.
Posted inLife & Culture
Open House: West Side Story
It begins with a couple — Gene and Ruth Story — who fell in love with a John Calvin Stevens stunner in Portland’s West End, and set about restoring it to its former glory.
Posted inOutdoors
Mark Latti: Smelt shacks heating up
There were a variety of ducks at the base of the rapids, which told me that finally, ice had captured most of the river, forcing the ducks to the fast-flowing water that rarely freezes. Once the ducks appear in the rapids, you know it’s not long before the first smelt shack will appear. I always […]
Posted inOutdoors
Snowmobiling: Northern club serves as keeper of snowmobile history
Mount Katahdin looms luxuriously over a plain and modest two-story wooden building that protects treasures of snowmobiling’s past. The Antique Snowmobile Museum is right next to the Northern Timber Cruisers Snowmobile Club in Millinocket and has some of the oldest snowmobiles in the country. When you enter the building, you step into a time capsule […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Outdoors
Fat fun
Many mountain bikers are switching to winter bikes with wide tires to ride anywhere they like, even on snow and ice.
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Maine Gardener: Eye candy for gardeners: This year’s standouts
We’re into the new year, and that means it’s time to start thinking about what you will be planting for the coming year. Some plants that at least have to come into consideration are this year’s award winners. And they cover the gamut, from a perennial that is underused to some different varieties of common […]
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Travel: Cruising Europe’s coast
An Oceania voyage takes in the high spots from the Netherlands to Norway and Normandy.
Posted inOutdoors
Hiking: Club’s treks get new winter hikers on right track
The hubbub of the holidays is over and the long, cold winter has settled in. You can choose to hole up indoors and try to wait out the next several months, but what fun is that? Better to get outside on foot, skis and snowshoes, get some healthy exercise and enjoy the snowy scenery with […]