You don’t need to stay at Attean Lake Lodge to enjoy the beauty offered in the area, but an overnight stay only adds to the experience.
2023
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Elect Maine leaders who will work for gun safety
Re: “Letter to the editor: We have strategies to reduce gun suicides – let’s use them” (Sept. 30): I have enormous gratitude for Kathleen McFadden for her recent letter about protecting Mainers from the horrors of gun violence. When I read about the tragic suicide by gun in Holden, or the increasingly common school lockdowns […]
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Free speech or uncivil discourse? Maine association advises tamping down on public comments at school board meetings
The Maine School Management Association has suggested schools adopt policies that prohibit offensive speech and complaints against specific staff or students at board meetings, but First Amendment advocates say it’s a step too far.
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3 keys to better banana bread
A good slice of banana bread is a thing of wonder: moist, beautifully scented with warming spices, sweet but not overly so (lest it creep too far into cake territory), and full of fruit flavor. A type of quick bread – named so because of its use of a chemical leavener, such as baking powder, instead […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News
Wabanaki exhibit set to debut at Portland children’s museum
The exhibit, titled ‘Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions,’ explores the Wabanaki people.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: The difference between a steer and a cow
We were in Maine last week, and I bought a Press Herald, as I always do. There were two photos from the Fryeburg Fair on Page B1 of the Oct. 3 edition under the headline “HOOFING IT.” Nice photos of kids and animals, but if you folks are going to cover an agricultural fair, you […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: In juxtaposed shows, Colby displays two sides of its collection
The works in ‘Constellations’ and ‘Come Closer’ overlap in time period but that’s it.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Courting workers in Michigan, Biden and Trump wage separate wars
In the war between labor and capital, there are no angels. There are, of course, sides.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News, Schools and Education
South Portland High staff are frustrated with information flow after student is accused of making violent threats
After a student was arrested in April and accused of threatening the school, a lockdown last month reignited some teachers’ frustration with how little they know about his arrest.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Bestsellers: ‘Tom Lake,’ ‘Democracy Awakening’
FICTION Hardcover 1. “Tom Lake,” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 2. “Lessons In Chemistry,” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 3. “The Armor of Light,” by Ken Follett (Viking) 4. “Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 5. “The Covenant of Water,” by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press) 6. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride (Riverhead) 7. […]