The disease turned two Mainers off their favorites, including wine and peanut butter, while other foods became more appealing.
2021
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: It’s tough to beat the fall turkey season, but few take advantage
The fall turkey season is more laid back and casual, and an afternoon stroll in the woods can be a bonanza when you look, listen, bust the flock and call them back.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Janey gets lessons in how to canine
A former stray dog becomes part of a happy pack, with all the stick fetching and cat chasing that implies.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In Roe, a messy family saga and complicated characters
Joshua Prager wants readers to rethink what they know about the landmark case.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Return of coin purse answer to owner’s prayers
I lost my cute little gray coin purse, made in a foreign country. It was gifted to me by a woman I played Scrabble with at People Plus in January 2019. I was more upset about the lost purse than the credit and SNAP cards inside it. On Sept. 9, I had been shopping at […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
In ‘The Wonder Years’ and ‘Our Kind of People,’ Black characters grapple with their history
In turbulent times, some people instinctively sense in their bones that they’re living through history. Others – often children – realize it by observing history’s effects on those around them. Taking up the perspective of the latter was the key ingredient of the original “Wonder Years,” which ran from 1988 to 1993. Starring Fred Savage […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
New collaborative space among Colby’s additions to Waterville arts scene
The Greene Block + Studios will house artist fellows, exhibits and performances.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Outsourcing surveillance
Modern businesses conduct the kind of intelligence operations that would be unconstitutional if they were done by the government.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Sunflowers brought late summer smiles
After a bout with COVID, the garden’s message of health and happiness restored us.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Wheels turning to build Maine’s next mountain biking destination
The Moosehead Outdoor Alliance plans to build a 25-mile trail system on 2,000 acres of the state-owned Little Moose Public Reserve just west of Greenville.