Brunswick ain’t Lahaina I recently moved away from the Brunswick area after 40 happy years. The day before I started my drive west, I saw the tree carnage on Main Street. It continues. And I am struck by the contrast to Lahaina, Hawaii. The great tree there — which I saw in 2022 — was […]
August 2024
Ernesto strengthens back into a hurricane, could bring riptides, coastal flooding to Maine
Coastal communities may see 5-7 foot waves, flooding and rip currents through Tuesday as the storm passes off the coast.
Amazing Acro-Cats purrform for a cause in Portland
The cat circus troupe and band sold out The Hill Arts on Sunday, with proceeds benefiting rescue cats.
Dick Polman: Kamala Harris will speak to reporters when she’s good and ready
Donald Trump, the demented felon, is scrambling for something, anything, to slow the Kamala-mentum threatening to engulf him. His current shtick, amplified by his lightweight running mate and his MAGA media enablers, is to assail Harris for failing to chat at length with the press corps he hates. Three weeks into her sudden candidacy, she […]
Framber Valdez lifts Astros to 10th win in 11 games
Valdez pitches seven scoreless innings in Houston’s 2-0 win over the White Sox.
Public defender’s offices are opening across Maine. The next step: Staffing them.
In Bangor, at the epicenter of the state’s indigent defense crisis, the district defender has only been able to fill one of five positions.
8 Lincoln County towns to get high-speed internet
Fiber service enters the Midcoast, a more “resilient” source of internet connection.
Red Sox settle for series split with Orioles
Despite being held to three hits, Baltimore gets home runs from Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson in a 4-2 victory.
Patriots confident roster can support rookie quarterback
If Drake Maye becomes the starting QB, VP of player personnel Eliot Wolf says there’s enough talent around him to allow the No. 3 overall draft pick to grow into the job.
A season of change in college football is about to start
Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoffs are among the big differences this season.