You can see Jupiter and Saturn at their best, all five of the brightest planets visible, comets, asteroids and the best display of the annual Perseid meteor shower until 2025.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Pyrocumulonimbus,’ by Meghan Sterling
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Given the price of lobster, smart cooks know to use every last bit of the bug
Suck out the sweet and delicious meat, add any unfertilized eggs to sauce, and be sure to save the shells for stock.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Sports
Red Sox give minor leaguers help, housing situation still tough
Boston recently announced it will provide housing stipends for players in its farm system. Yet low salaries and high housing costs still pose challenges for players across the minor leagues.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Having trouble getting your favorite campsite? You’re not alone
A surge in camping during the pandemic has made it harder to get choice sites at many campgrounds.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Can America remain a democracy? Authoritarianism raises its ugly head
We need to elect leaders who appeal to our better selves, who inspire us to be strong and unafraid, who give us specific reasons to be optimistic.
Posted inElection 2022, Op-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Jump in prices should worry Democrats on path to midterms
If inflation is a problem in 2022, voters will have reason to blame the majority party, both in Augusta and in Washington.
Posted inMaine
Among the vaccinated in Maine, a growing anger at those who resist
Inoculated residents express frustration and ambivalence about the unvaccinated as COVID-19 case counts rise here and across the U.S.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Home is where the rescue dogs are
We’re up to three, now that my mom has happily surprised us by adding Rocky and Kingsley to the family.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Jungle Cruise’ invites you to turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
Jungle Cruise – the theme park ride, not the new Disney movie it has inspired – is notable for the groan-worthy humor of its “skippers,” the tour guides who provide Borscht-Belt-style entertainment for passengers on the minutes-long trip down a lazy (fake) river lined with animatronic animals. The shtick is bad, and leans on wordplay […]