Stories collected to celebrate the state’s bicentennial last year were put into a book about the town.
2021
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Voters will decide if Mainers have a constitutional right to food
The Legislature approved the proposal by a two-thirds margin, but some critics worry that embedding the language in the Maine Constitution could have unintended consequences.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food, Green Plate Special, Recipes, Review
New documentary argues carnivores and vegans can find middle ground
Directed by the founder of the Reducetarian Foundation, ‘Meat Me Half Way’ is fascinating and multi-faceted.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Democracy demands action from the political center
If moderates from both parties don’t assert themselves, extremists will dominate the debate.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Brenda E. Smith, Belfast: Grandmother’s key opened many doors
Among the hundreds of keepsakes I’ve collected over the years, one alone holds the title of most cherished. It is a charm-sized “key” that belonged to my grandmother, evidence that a simple farm girl from Morrill, Maine, had been elected to the nation’s most prestigious honor society, Phi Beta Kappa. It is engraved with her […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Brunswick’s Spindleworks is a gallery of abilities
It’s inspiring to see the talent and works produced by people often defined by what they can’t do.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Don’t count older Mainers out of climate fight
A columnist shows her own bias by surmising that age is the reason that other people who live here have been slow to act.
Posted inFood, Recipes
This take on bang bang chicken is spicy, sour and quick enough for a weeknight
Sesame paste, chile oil, soy sauce, Chinese black vinegar and ginger infuse the chicken with plenty of punchy flavors.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Sports
On Baseball: Family and baseball, the way life should be
Family is what brought this sports writer to Maine; the baseball was a bonus.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Not so much Grow, as Mulch
I won’t be planting much in our gardens over the next few weeks, but I will be adding something from now until the end of the year. What I’ll be adding is leaf mold, a cross between compost and mulch. When I first started gardening almost half a century ago, I used a rototiller at […]