People wary about a COVID shot should think about the risk of getting the disease.
2021
Posted inFood
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, through the decades
Fifty years of organic farming, local food, fabulous fairs, advocacy and more.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Not all restaurants are bad places to work
A guest column painted a negative picture of an industry that provides good jobs to many people.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Oil, gas companies helping fund anti-Clean Energy Corridor campaign
Re: “Letter to the editor: Don’t believe the hype – CMP’s proposed corridor is bad for Maine” (July 9): A recent letter in the Press Herald by an opponent of the Clean Energy Corridor is comical. The writer states that the campaign to stop clean energy is “grassroots” when it is anything but. The opposition […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: NECEC corridor has potential for sparks, fire in Maine woods
What is happening in California, Oregon and much of the West could also happen and has happened in Maine. The infernos of 1903 and 1947 are part of history here. The possibility of the Maine woods going up in smoke is increased by the likelihood of a forest fire being initiated by utility lines – […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Return to full-time school is something for Maine to celebrate
Mask requirements should not detract from a positive development for families and the economy.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: Trees have a lot to teach us
“During the pandemic, many of us have found solace in nature. ‘Finding the Mother Tree, Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest,’ by Suzanne Simard (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021), took me on the most mind-expanding walk in the woods I’ve yet experienced. “Born into a family of foresters, Dr. Simard was led by her […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
In northern Maine, forestry practices create shifting habitat for migrating songbirds
Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they’re back.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: It’s getting harder to see ‘the other side’
The pandemic reminds a writer that there has long been divides between people and how we live our lives.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Pandemic-related inflation hits Maine auto market, especially for used cars
Used car prices jumped by 45% nationally during the 12-month period ending in June to a record average sale price of $25,000.