I am the wife of a fourth-generation fisherman whose livelihood is threatened by a recent decision to permit a large industrial-scale aquaculture company to operate in Chandler Bay. The aquaculture industry poses risks to the future of lobstering in our community. I’m concerned with the encroachment of aquaculture in our waters and question how the […]
2023
Posted inMaine, Maine colleges, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
For high school athletes turned marketers, getting rich isn’t the goal
Student athletes capitalizing on the new ‘name, image and likeness’ policy say promotions lead to increased visibility, even if the financial payoffs are slim.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Viles Arboretum experiments with ‘Forest of the Future’
As climate change alters conditions for Maine’s flora, the arboretum experiments with non-native trees to figure out which species could thrive in warmer conditions.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Radicchio – the leafy vegetable that’s almost too pretty to eat
But get over that. It’s also delicious, in season now and available from your local farmer.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Local, state aid won’t offer Mainers pathway out of homelessness
According to your report “MaineHousing set to spend $21 million on winter shelter for homeless” (Jan. 18, Page B1), Greg Payne, a senior state housing policy adviser, has stated that the funds “will continue to support people now residing in hotels, as well as enable more communities to stand up emergency shelters and other solutions […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Essential reading for students of Portland’s history and admirers of its art
Earle Shettleworth, Jr.’s ‘A Century of Portland Artists, 1820-1920’ introduces the city and its cultural landscape in the first 100 years of Maine statehood.
Posted inFood, Maine, News
What do Mainers say when it comes to the ethics of eating lobster? Pass the butter
Whether the fishery is harming the endangered right whale is a matter of vehement debate, but local chefs, restaurateurs, fishmongers and ordinary people are still cracking into Maine’s iconic crustacean.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Maine win makes a great headline, but do we need more billionaires?
Someone winning more than $1 billion makes a great front-page headline (“$1.35 billion lottery ticket sold in Maine,” Jan. 15), but we do not need more billionaires! Basically, this is greed on display. The states love it because they have come to depend on the income and the higher the number, the more tickets are […]
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Letter to the editor: Saco church employee puts words into action on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
I have noted, with pleasure, the number of events that occur in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. I am especially inspired by the events that seek to serve the least, the last and the lost, putting his words into actions not only on behalf of charity but also from a call […]
Posted inMaine
Questions still linger for family of now-identified ‘Jonesport John Doe’
Philip Kahn’s loved ones in Las Vegas spent more than two decades wondering what happened to the retired cab driver. This month, they learned that his body had been found in Maine within weeks of his July 2000 disappearance.