Married women throughout Maine are experiencing the bulk of the inconvenience in this transition.
2025
A filmmaker asked, ‘What does being American mean to you?’ These Mainers answered.
‘Path of Liberty: That Which Unites Us’ is an immersive installation in New York City that features photos and videos of people from across the country.
Maine’s young adults deserve better treatment | Letter
Shame on Maine for its treatment of young adults. I moved my 17-year-old daughter here from Washington to get her away from gangs, drugs and trauma. At 18, she got an apartment and a summons. Four 18-21 year-olds had a four-pack of hard lemonade. Video footage shows police entering her apartment without permission. The court […]
How will we explain Gaza to our grandchildren? | Letter
How will we explain to our grandchildren that for 19 months we watched the world’s first livestreamed genocide? We saw the causalities mount, hospitals bombed, homes and apartments leveled, children’s limbs torn apart, entire families massacred, journalists gunned down and doctors abducted and tortured. Atrocity after atrocity and we did nothing. While some took to […]
‘Becoming Seagrass’ performance brings vital underwater plants into focus
An educational performance on the importance of seagrass was held at Meetinghouse Arts last week. The production combined science, history and storytelling through the lenses of Indigenous and Western perspectives.
Phippsburg Land Trust to host guided walk to McKay Farm
Phippsburg Land Trust will host a guided walk to McKay Farm with Barry Logan, professor of biology at Bowdoin College, from 9-11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 1. Logan, along with land trust board members Michelle Holdridge and Dan Dowd, will lead this two-and-a-half-hour walk starting at the Cooley Center Pond parking lot (on Parker Head Road […]
Damariscotta’s River Arts opens 2025 Members’ Show this week
River Arts in Damariscotta is launching the summer season with the 2025 Members’ Show, featuring a lineup of 134 Maine artists. A vibrant and dynamic collection of original artwork fills the gallery in this salon-style exhibition. An opening reception is from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 31, offering visitors the opportunity to meet many of the […]
Rockland Public Library to host discussion on transgender poets
The Rockland Public Library and Millay House Rockland will host “Conversations of the Century with the Trans Poetics Archive” at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5, in the Community Room at Rockland Public Library. This event is free and open to all. In a heart-to-heart with Edna St. Vincent Millay and her suffrage poem, “I, being […]
High schools Monday: Gorham softball rallies in ninth to beat Bonny Eagle
Winning pitcher Bella McBrady drives in the winning run for the Rams.
Maine lawmakers want to examine how judges are disciplined. The judicial branch says it’s not their call.
The debate in the Legislature follows an ethics complaint against Maine Supreme Court Justice Catherine Connors that has yet to be resolved.