The Tinkerbus is a modified 26-foot school bus that is now a classroom and project space. The Tinkerbus will expand the capacity for summer camps at Fiddlehead Center for the Arts, as well as be able to travel to schools for enrichment programs.
March 2023
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Youth need adults to stop CMP corridor once and for all
Although the project was roundly rejected at the ballot box in 2021, CMP refuses to give up and has chosen a divisive path that ignores the will of Maine people.
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Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Brenda E. Smith, Belfast: Returning to one of childhood’s pure joys
I got my first bicycle when I was 8 years old and, with it, my first taste of freedom. Of course, at 3, I’d pedaled a tricycle around the backyard. I found it took more energy from my toddler legs to pedal the trike forward than it did to just run to wherever I needed […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Jody Rich, Waterville: The two-wheeled route of my teenage life
Like many kids, I got my first two-wheeler for Christmas. Like many kids in New England, I experienced torment because I couldn’t use it until spring! Months, depending on how fierce the winter storms were, were endured, glancing lovingly at the clean three-speed. Dreams of adventures to come. There was the occasional ride in the […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland City Council sends letter urging passage of Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
The act would allow asylum seekers to work as soon as 30 days after applying for asylum, as opposed to the over six-month wait under current federal law.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Sportsman: Waters are warming, let spring fishing begin
Spring has sprung. It was a mild winter and the lakes are opening up again, plenty reason to rejoice for this fishing fool. Sebago Lake barely froze this year, parts of Jordan Bay had a brief period of ice and you could fish the coves, but the big lake never caught. The Rotary Club’s Sebago […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Brunswick Superintendent’s Notebook: Creative thinking brings healthy, local fish to school cafeterias
The Brunswick School Department has a fish story to share, but it’s not about the one that got away. Instead, it’s about a partnership with the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association that brings locally-caught fish to the plates of our students. Here’s how it works: During the pandemic, fishermen experienced a decline in sales primarily due […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Loveitt’s Field and Willard win the Battle of the Neighborhoods
The drive brought in a total of 18,895 pounds of food, as well as financial donations.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Long before MLB adopted pitch clock, Sea Dogs learned to adjust to it
Eight years after pitch clocks were introduced in minor league baseball as an experiment to speed up the pace of games, they will make their regular-season debut at major league ballparks on Thursday.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Will Maine always be a high-tax state?
Now that Maine has the resources to cut taxes, Democrats should join Republicans in following through on the commitment to doing so.