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2024
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
What’s up in March: Many celestial delights are in store as spring returns
Saturn, Venus and Mars will be the morning planets in March, while Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus will be the evening planets.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Golden eagles come to Maine, but they are not easy to find
The Maine Golden Eagle Study, a citizen-science project, is hoping to learn more about the presence of golden eagles in Maine.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Take action now to counter climate change
The climate is changing. With November weather in January and April weather in February, it is no longer possible to ignore the crisis. Winters are getting steadily warmer; this year is the warmest on record, with last year in second. It is devastating to think about next year being just as bad, unfathomable to realize […]
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
As downtown Portland sees fewer office workers, lunch businesses feel a bite
Remote and hybrid work options have contributed to more sporadic weekday foot traffic in the heart of the city. That’s made things even harder than usual for the small businesses who used to rely on both regulars and passersby.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: We cannot get gun safety wrong this time around
Legislative undertakings unveiled Wednesday show promise. There’s no reason to think they will pass, however – or that we can stop there.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Kudos to King for Ukraine support
History has taught us that standing up to bullies is the only way to preserve American principles.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
The author died far too young. Her brilliant short stories live on.
Decades after Diane Oliver’s death in a motorcycle accident, ‘Neighbors and Other Stories’ offers a startling glimpse of what might have been.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Add this skillet orzo with chicken to your weeknight dinner playbook
A combination of tastes is an easy way to add excitement to a dish, in this case with tangy goat cheese and sweet raisins.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Prioritize housing assistance for Mainers in need
OK, here is the deal: I would rather read a story about how our state helped to subsidize affordable rent for good, hard-working Mainers, who are forced to leave the state because they can’t afford to live here, than to read about the governor’s plan to pay for two years of rent for asylum seekers. […]