A nesting osprey caused a large outage in Knox County, while other parts of the state lost power because of storms.
August 2024
The Maine Millennial: A tale of two canines
The dog park has been a very valuable outlet for my younger pup.
‘The Material’ visits a graduate program for stand-up comics
Camille Bordas’ novel mines the neuroses and dramas underlying our jokes.
Maine’s rustic summer theaters struggle to keep cool as temperatures rise
Summer heat is affecting actors and audiences alike, and some venues have been forced to consider expensive alterations to their spaces.
Bestsellers: ‘All Fours,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Our View: It behooves us to pay for wind energy
While question marks over cost abound, one thing is clear: We need to make this investment.
Letter: Kudos to state employees for their service
I’ve had several opportunities to interact with Maine agency employees over the years and, without exception, have received timely and helpful advice. Here’s a recent example: I recently emailed the Department of Marine Resources with a couple of health-related questions about oyster harvesting. I was astounded when I received a phone call from the director […]
Letter: Olympic opening ceremonies inspire
Magnifique! Absolutely amazing. What a wonderful opening ceremony for the Paris Summer Olympics. Thank you, France, for offering us Americans and the world community hope and optimism. Let us pray that we can all come together as a united global community. Let’s make the world great again! Louis Phillips Windham
Letter: Media missed the point of Trump tirade
I write regarding the July 28 story, “Trump predicts end of voting, calls Harris ‘bum’ ” (an article originating in the Washington Post and reprinted in the Sunday Telegram). So Trump called Harris a “bum.” That’s what constitutes news? Real news is his promise to his supporters that if they vote, “we’ll have it fixed […]
The Longfellow Garden Club of Portland celebrates 100 years
Appalled at the sorry state of the garden, a Portland socialite organized the club in 1924. It has maintained the garden at the historic Wadsworth-Longfellow House ever since.