The anti-CMP power line question would provide more opportunities to veto future climate-response projects.
2021
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Plays on words make headlines memorable
Again, your headline writer hits it out of the park, three times in one edition. I refer to Feb. 12. The front page, over the centerpiece photo: “A Moment Frozen in Rime” played on the words of an old saying, and introduced many readers to the concept of frosty rime. Then, on the front of […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainers in need can’t afford austerity budget
This is no ordinary recession, and state spending should reflect that.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Here’s the one Oscar nomination these contenders need to win best picture
Oscar voting begins – finally – this week, meaning we are one step closer to spring, one step closer to gaining a bit more clarity about this year’s strange awards season and one step closer to making sure the liquor cabinet is stocked with a bottle or three of good Irish whiskey for a few […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Possible result of an upended Oscar season? ‘It might be the purest … and strangest’
A vast sub-industry of activity to influence Academy voters and other award givers has gone as dark as movie theaters during the pandemic, adding even more mystery to which films emerge as contenders.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Prep school programs forced to scramble for opponents
With out-of-state travel off the table during the pandemic, athletic schedules are greatly reduced and include a mix of public and private school opponents.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Schools and Education
Pandemic hasn’t completely brought curtain down on student performers
Maine school drama groups, choruses and bands have dealt with limitations on practicing and performing by rehearsing over Zoom and putting together productions online, but restrictions are starting to loosen.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: In a manner of speaking, birders have a language all their own
There is plenty of slang and jargon shared among those in the birding community.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Lenten season encouragement to give up lies
“This is the true and central program of the Lenten Season: to listen to the word of truth, to live, speak and do what is true, to refuse falsehood that poisons humanity and is the vehicle of all evils.” (Benedict XVI, General Audience given Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2006, p. 11) Let us give up […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Maine Arts Commission says hiring head of its board, though unusual, is the right move at a crucial time
David Greenham will step down from the board to begin a two-year term as the interim executive director.