Teaching kids longhand isn’t required in Maine, and while some have argued that keyboards make it obsolete, a growing number of schools are aiming for balance.
2019
Posted inBusiness, Food, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Building that houses Freeport tavern of ghostly fame goes on the market
Jameson Tavern, whose owners intend to stay if the building is sold, has a rich history of ghost sightings and interstate politics.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Two Maine schoolgirls got Mills inauguration crowd fired up
The fifth-graders from Reiche Elementary School in Portland made headlines last week for their performance of ‘Girl on Fire.’
Posted inBill Nemitz, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins should stand up to the leaders of her party
The current federal shutdown is a bad idea. How about doing something about it, Senator?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Three ideas to make Maine a bit greener
Interest-rate incentives for driving electric cars is one way the state could tackle climate change.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Mushers can be a dog’s best friend
They must learn the instincts and emotions of the sled dogs they work with.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Great black hawk sighting highlights first Christmas Bird Counts
The rarely seen bird was spotted in Portland’s Deering Oaks park.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Paul LePage article missed a few things
Your article on Paul LePage (Dec. 30) did not mention several things that had important impacts on the state: • His basically kicking out Statoil and its planned $120 million investment in offshore wind. That went to Scotland and became a $200 million-plus project. • The many, many millions of federal dollars that would have […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Why won’t Sen. Collins tout Kavanaugh vote?
I read with interest in the Dec. 30 Maine Sunday Telegram the detailed and thorough compilation by Sen. Susan Collins of her many legislative accomplishments in 2018 (“Focus on division distracts from progress made by Congress“), but I searched in vain for any reference to what was probably the most important vote of her career: […]