Peggy Grodinsky’s story of her struggle to decide the maple tree’s fate both inspired and refreshed.
2018
What’s Up in March: Many conjunctions as vernal equinox approaches
Highlights include conjunctions between Venus and Mercury, and Mars and Saturn.
Artists hope Waterville snow sculpting event grows
The city’s first such event could one day be the next qualifier for the national championships.
Week in review: Hannaford workers strike briefly; South Portland limits short-term rentals
Also, another big indoor salmon farm is planned in Maine; and regulators will review accusations of CMP overbilling.
Michelle Singletary: Tax scam isn’t new, but it has a new twist
Here’s what to do if you get a call pointing out that you received a tax return in error and demanding it be returned.
Art review: Frances Hynes mixes the actual and the abstract, sometimes in a single painting
‘Marking Time: Of Land and Sea’ is up through Friday at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth.
Book review: William Cohen’s latest book imagines world as giant asteroid nears
In ‘Final Strike,’ humankind doesn’t come off so well, nor does the writer.
Signings, etc., for Feb. 25
Author and historian Andrew Och will talk about his second book about the lives of the first ladies of the United States. “Unusual for Their Time: On the Road with America’s First Ladies, Volume Two,” picks up where Och’s first book left off, beginning with Edith Roosevelt and concluding with Melania Trump. Refreshments will be […]
Book review: Mistakes, lessons from a disaster in slow motion
After 17 years in Afghanistan, the U.S. faces the question of how its failure there will affect the region.
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance opens annual Crime Wave Flash Fiction Contest
This year, you can ‘collaborate’ with internationally bestselling author Douglas Preston.