The recent lawsuit against Avangrid, Central Maine Power’s corporate parent, only strengthens the argument for a consumer-owned utility, where the utility is responsive to its customers, who are the shareholders in the company. Avangrid is in trouble because of trying to raise profits in order to satisfy shareholders rather than their customers. They used an […]
2021
Posted inToy Fund, Uncategorized
Toy fund’s oldest friends keep tradition alive
A family that began supporting the fund in 1949 is one of many old friends who appear in the daily list of donors.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Interconnected sculptures by three artists challenge perception in Rockland show
‘Spatial Relations’ at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art features the works of Elizabeth Atterbury, Gordon Hall and Anna Hepler.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Poliquin misses the point on Maine power consumption
Maine uses more power from carbon-emitting sources than our clean-energy profile suggests.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘West Side Story’ is an urgent, utterly beautiful revival of the original
Pop culture is awash in boomer nostalgia, a symptom of intellectual malaise and the enduring chokehold one generation still has on what counts as worth caring about. But sometimes, the stewards of that patrimony manage not just to preserve what was great about the things they loved as kids, but infuse them with enough new […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Cape housing plan opponents raised valid issues
Press Herald columnists fail to grasp concerns that Dunham Court’s developer didn’t want to follow the town comprehensive plan.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Outdoors, Review
Book review: The story of the Appalachian Trail conveyed through the characters associated with it
Billed as a biography, the book by Philip D’Anieri dispels some misconceptions about the purpose of the trail and the people who built and hiked it.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Ask Maine Audubon: eBird database is a resource to track bird migration
Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: E2Tech toasts to innovation in eco-friendly technology
Members of the organization gathered for an annual meeting and holiday mixer at Foundation Brewing in Portland.
Posted inMaine
A decade in, the case of missing Waterville child Ayla Reynolds ramps up
Ayla’s mother, Trista Reynolds, is making progress in her civil lawsuit that seeks to hold the child’s father, Justin DiPietro, accountable in the case that’s nearing its 10th anniversary.