The lives of young people of color are at stake because adults are afraid to have conversations with each other.
2021
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans should hold the line on new spending
The supplemental budget now under consideration should not be used to permanently expand the size of state government.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Strengthening Maine’s rail-trail network will yield health, economic benefits
My son had one of his first bike rides last summer on the Kennebec River Rail Trail. As I watched him teeter along, I was proud to see him reach this important milestone. I was also grateful that the trail offered a safe place to ride, beautiful surroundings and an ice cream destination as a […]
Posted inOlympics, Sports
Family ties pull Olympic gold medalist back to Maine
Anna Goodale, a mother of two young boys, left a demanding coaching job at Ohio State for an opportunity to run the community-based rowing club in her hometown of Camden.
Posted inRecipes
Learning to make pandesal, the everyday rolls of the Philippines, is a labor of love
The journey was long and uncomfortable. I was hot, tired and desperately craving a strawberry Pop-Tart. A few of my classmates were off to Disney World for the week, but after a 22-hour flight, a delayed layover and a very bumpy three-hour van ride, I finally arrived for my first visit at my mother’s rural […]
Posted inFood, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: A once and future critic
What was, what is, what will be. Critic Andrew Ross ponders how to return to restaurant criticism after the pandemic convulsion.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine can’t afford to be cheap with direct care workers
The pandemic has underscored that their work is essential, but we pay them as if it were not.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: New friendships in the Scottish countryside, depicted with gentleness and warmth
“I just finished reading ‘Winter Solstice’ by the British romance novelist Rosamunde Pilcher. I am sad to have ended it, as I loved the characters, the wonderful Scottish setting, and the peacefully meandering storyline. The book features five marginally connected characters who find themselves sharing an estate in the north of Scotland as the Christmas […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In helping her daughter bloom, a mother changed perceptions of autism
Clara Park successfully challenged the idea that “refrigerator” moms caused the condition.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Observer: Maine embraced us. We hugged back
Nearly four decades later, arriving in Maine was a special time in a family’s life.