There are campsites all over rural Maine, but it will take some effort to get to most of them, and probably a reservation as well.
August 2024
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: NIMBYs think they’re protecting Maine; they’re mistaken
People who shoot down affordable housing are standing in the way of myriad benefits of economic diversity – starting in schools.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
A forgotten female artist is remembered in new book
Mary Neal Richardson, who painted in Boston and Maine, was well-known in her lifetime for her portraits, but today much of her oeuvre is considered lost.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Climate change requires immediate investment in clean energy
For the sake of our property, utility costs, green jobs and our families, it’s time to invest.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Let tomatoes be both fruit and vegetable in this juicy peach salad
These savory-leaning double agents add complexity to this sweet-leaning summer fruit salad featuring peaches and blueberries.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Kennebunkport history buffs relive the ’70s
Finger sandwiches and photos of the town’s Dump Parades brought back memories from the bygone era at the historical society’s lawn party.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Sen. King is still the right man for the job
Responding to the Aug. 3 request for Sen. Angus King to relinquish his seat (“Letter: Time for Angus King to step aside, as Biden did”). It is tempting to apply President Biden’s decision to others if one ignores the subject. The Democratic challenger to King seems like a fine man – especially because his positions […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Throwback Photo: On the campaign trail, JFK visits Portland in 1960
John F. Kennedy drew a large crowd as he campaigned to become the 35th president of the United States.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
In ‘The Most,’ a 1950s housewife takes to the pool and won’t come out
Jessica Anthony’s darkly comic novella is a Cheeveresque meditation on mid-century middle-class disappointment.
Posted inMaine
100 years ago, KKK stunned Lewiston with gunpowder and a huge, flaming cross
The Aug. 10, 1924, scene atop Mount David highlighted the growing power of the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic group in Maine.