On June 30, the Portland Press Herald reported the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention aims to remove ”barriers for people who want to get vaccinated.” I wonder: Just what barriers to vaccination and shortage of options remain? For months there have been an abundance of vaccines and vaccination locations within Maine – all […]
2021
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Grow: Perennial seeds
Except for succession planting – where you plant fast-developing vegetables such as lettuce and beets throughout the season so you can harvest throughout the season – there is now little to be started in the vegetable garden. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop planting. It is a good time to plant pollinator-friendly perennials […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Dr. Shah kept Mainers informed during a difficult time
In his final regular briefing to the public Wednesday, Dr. Nirav Shah, head of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, thanked Mainers for welcoming a newcomer to the state, enabling him to do his job. It is we who should be thanking him. Dr. Shah is a state treasure. During a time of […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Republicans hand Democrats victories on crime, immigration
The issues highlight a consistent fault of the Republican Party at all levels: constant criticism with no real follow-through.
Posted inMaine, News
Research station rises on Penobscot Bay island
The $1 million facility by the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership will be the first offshore research facility in Penobscot Bay and only the second in the entire Gulf of Maine.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Complaint of El Río Grande,’ by Richard Blanco
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: This July Fourth, Maine has earned its fun
Throughout the past year, Mainers put others before themselves.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: ‘Acquired Symbols’ celebrates a teacher’s far-reaching effects
A colorful show at Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset honors John Lorence through the work of his associates.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Reader, go West
Editor’s Note: Joyce Berk sent us her book selection in April, when most of us still weren’t getting out much. That’s changed, as the pandemic in Maine has waned, but a good book is a good book whenever you read it. “The book I’m reading is ‘Riders of the Purple Sage,’ by Zane Grey. It’s […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
At solar farms, sheep come back for mower
Solar grazing, the practice of using livestock to manage the grass that grows under panel arrays, has come to Maine.
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