From keeping cats indoors to avoiding pesticides in your yard, individual efforts can make a big collective impact in the conservation of birds and nature.
2021
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
To clean the garden or not to clean? That is the question (sorry, Shakespeare)
Too much spring cleanup can hurt beneficial native insects, some experts say. But how to balance those concerns with the needs and convenience of the gardener?
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hiking in Maine: Reid State Park offers so much, including a spectacular 5-mile hike
There is plenty to see and do at Maine’s first state-owned saltwater beach.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Keep guns out of Maine’s polling places
I will be frank that being in the presence of civilians who are carrying firearms while in a public space makes me feel unsafe. Faced with such a display of firearms in the voting place would keep me from doing my constitutional duty of voting, thus negating my ability to practice my right to freedom […]
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: When a disease becomes a crime
In Maine, we are still trying to arrest our way out of an overdose epidemic that keeps getting worse.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Ann O’Donnell Mosley
PORTLAND – Ann O’Donnell Mosley, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 9, 2021.
The remarkable life of Ann began on …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Carl Hugo Silveri
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Carl Hugo Silveri, 80, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2021 in Fort Myers, Fla. He was …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Arthur W. Boure
PORTLAND – Arthur W. Boure, 71, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at his home.
He was born on …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Joyce L. Martino
SCARBOROUGH – Joyce L. Martino, 83, passed away at home on April 8, 2021. She was born on June 2, 1938, …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Vincenza “Virginia” Theresa (Fernandez) Foisy
PORTLAND – Vincenza “Virginia” Theresa (Fernandez) Foisy passed away peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough on Thursday, March 25, …