Jameson Davis, who ran unopposed last year for the RSU 21 seat, announced she was stepping down in a full-page ad in her local paper, saying the board is too focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: A sailing trip on Penobscot Bay results in ‘Picnic and a Little Mutiny’
Real-life Mainers – a sea captain and four non-actors with visual impairments – make up the short film’s cast.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Maine must adopt stronger clean-car standards
As an electric car owner in Maine, I was excited to read that the Natural Resources Council of Maine has put forward a petition to encourage the state Department of Environmental Protection to adopt stronger clean-car standards so that more Mainers can experience the benefits of zero-emission vehicles. I very much support this goal, especially […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Live Music Lineup: Rock, soul and chamber music fill the air this weekend
Catch Queens of the Stone Age at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
Maine farmers still waiting on bounty of tomatoes, corn
A lack of sunshine and other weather-related factors mean late-summer crops haven’t been as plentiful.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: FDA has tools to stop drug shortages. It should use them.
Supplies of more than 300 medications are running dangerously low across the U.S. The government shouldn’t stand for it.
Posted inMaine, News
Instead of sweeping homeless encampments, Portland is trying a new housing-focused approach
The Encampment Crisis Response Team has a goal of clearing the Fore River Parkway Trail by Sept. 6 by offering everyone there shelter or housing. With one month to go, dozens of people are still on the trail.
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Immersive art exhibit imagines aliens landing in East Bayside
‘Encounters’ will be up at Maine Studio Works through August.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Guest Column – National climate action lobbying is no problem
Many of us would like to take climate action at the national level as well as here in Maine, but, for various reasons, we don’t. For one thing, the national political scene seems like an intractable, completely dysfunctional mess. For another, the scale of the national government is so much larger than, say, the city […]
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Guest Column – Do-this do-that days
I’m retired, so I shouldn’t be so damn busy. But most days I am. Busy as hell. (Sorry, I can’t use the word “busy” without swearing.) I call these frenetic diurnal episodes “do-this do-that days,” because I’m always doing this damn thing or that damn thing: all those chores, tasks, duties, errands, jobs, appointments piling […]