Today, Sheila Gray Jordan of Chebeague Island uses the common seasonings of the dinner table to create a family portrait.
May 2014
Maine Observer: When woodpecker tweets birth of spring
The incessant noise may disrupt a peaceful backyard, but you’ll be rewarded for patience even if your tolerance has its limits.
Book review: ‘The True American’ and the power to forgive
A racist killing spree gives rise to a riveting story about faith and compassion.
On Baseball: Travis Shaw’s numbers suddenly a hit
The Sea Dogs first baseman shrugged off a second poor start.
Cut the conflict: Study shows stressful social relations can cause early death
Among the stressors studied are marital and neighbor spats and worry about children.
Need to be self-reliant moves women in Japan to hunt
One 28-year-old says her life was changed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
9/11 remains return to World Trade Center
Victims’ family members who say the remains should be stored in an above-ground monument protest the procession.
It’s playtime at the prison as kids reunite with incarcerated moms
In advance of Mother’s Day, a nonprofit program provides transportation so children can visit.
Battle lines drawn as tiny plovers gain beach privileges
Piping plovers, a federally protected migratory shorebird, are at the center of controversies in beach towns from Maine to North Carolina
For UMaine men’s basketball coach, a step or a leap?
Division III coaches rarely move directly to Division I, but those who know Bob Walsh believe in him.