For just the third time in six years, a developer will be required to purchase “air rights” from the city of Portland in order to complete a construction project. Developers of the upscale Verdante condominium project along Franklin Street have applied for a license agreement that would permit them to build bay windows that jut […]
2019
Posted inJournal Tribune
Exhibition at Colby shows Wabanaki art as it is today
WATERVILLE — There is nothing old or tired about the art on view as part of a new Wabanaki exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art. There are no arrowheads, yellowing documents or other reminders of the wars and broken treaties that have defined Indian life in Maine and across North America since the […]
advertisement
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
U.S. Attorney Frank: Law enforcement had key role in decline in Maine overdose deaths
Though recent coverage didn’t mention it, a surge in federal prosecutions has been a deterrent to users and dealers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Book review: ‘The Perfect Wife’ has intriguing plot, chilling finale
JP Delaney’s third psychological thriller, ‘The Perfect Wife,’ puts – almost perfectly – a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of ‘The Stepford Wives’
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Cover crops enrich the soil, prevent erosion, inhibit weeds and more
Have an empty space in your vegetable bed? Here’s how to fill it with a cover crop.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Wabanaki art is on its own terms at Colby
The college art museum leaned heavily on people within the tribes to curate the exhibition.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Analysis: Will Trump root out internet extremism? Experts are doubtful
The president is calling for tech companies to shut down rhetoric that could lead to violence, while accusing the same companies of censoring conservative groups.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Canoeing in Maine: Mount Blue Pond nearly beyond a worthy description
Select an adjective and it likely will pertain to a beautiful natural portion of that state.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Why catch-and-release is killing, not conserving, Maine fisheries
In many waters around the state, the practice is creating overpopulation problems that are starving togue and salmon.
Posted inFood
How to store peaches, corn and melons, and stop wasting summer’s best produce
The season for perfect, abundant produce is oh-so-fleeting. Don’t squander its gifts.