Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
2021
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine has catching up to do on ‘forever chemicals’
Legislators should follow the latest research, which shows the industrial chemicals may be unsafe at very low levels.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Lack of access to quality early learning economic issue for Maine
Your recent news article (Jan. 27) and editorial (Jan. 29) on a report titled “Early Childhood Programs’ Scarcity Undermines Maine’s Rural Communities” caught my attention. From a business perspective, the lack of access to quality early learning and child care programs faced by rural children and their families is a real economic challenge for Maine. […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Late Republican statesman saw practical solution to climate change
Your article about the amazing career of George Shultz, upon his recent passing at the age of 100, reminds us of what real integrity in government can look like. He clearly approached challenges with more intellect, analysis and practicality than dogma. Toward the end of his life he turned his attention to preventing nuclear war […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Sculptures feed off each other in energetic Greenhut show
The Portland gallery features the works of three Maine artists in ‘Objects/Objectivity.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Minari’ is a movie about the immigrant experience that’s both universal and surprising
To call “Minari” uncannily timely almost does it a disservice. This modestly scaled but enormously heartfelt drama touches on any number of so-called hot buttons, including immigration, assimilation, the American Dream and the fluctuations of identity. But it’s not about those things. Rather, this is the funny, sad, inspiring and ultimately universal story of how […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: MaineHealth CEO shows disregard for patients
Asked to justify the network’s vaccination policy, Bill Caron doesn’t mention the people MaineHealth serves or the pandemic they face.
Posted inHealth, Maine
How Maine weathered the second surge – and what lies ahead
Maine dodged the worst of COVID-19 last spring and summer, but the virus got the upper hand as the seasons changed. Now the race is on to vaccinate our way clear of mutant strains.
Posted inMaine, News
York County lags others in COVID-19 vaccinations
A coronavirus hotspot, Maine’s southernmost county has had the most infections per capita, but it also has one of the lowest inoculation rates.
Posted inBooks, Review
For a mother forced to give up her child, decades of grief, shame and secrets
Though ‘American Baby’ chronicles a forced adoption in the 1960s, the tale resonates with the news of the many migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.