I read with interest Anne Dodd’s Jan. 19 op-ed about her trepidation over Brunswick’s reassessment of a cottage she and her late spouse owned for decades when newcomers all around her are paying over $1 million in purchase prices (“No Mainer should have to sell their home because of rising property taxes”). We’re doing property […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter: Maine’s symbols deserve greater respect
Instead of rolling our eyes, we should be sincerely celebrating the things that represent our state.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Chicken in creamy tomato sauce is an easy dish that’s company-worthy
This 30-minute chicken dish is easy and packed with flavor.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine lawmaker wants to open intraparty meetings to public
Sen. Rick Bennett said closed-door party caucuses at the State House are increasingly being used to make legislative decisions, and that his bill would provide more transparency into how lawmakers are conducting business.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: The Trump-Musk axis had parallels in Maine
Former Gov. Paul LePage was indeed ‘Trump before Trump.’ We’ve seen these types before.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: Feb. 6
Gorham man who brought baseball to Japan honored A special ceremony and reception Feb. 2 honored the Gorham man who introduced baseball to Japan 153 years ago. Horace Wilson, born Feb. 10 in 1843 on a farm in Gorham, became a teacher at Tokyo University High School in 1872 and taught his students to play […]
Posted inFood
How the power couples of the Portland restaurant world make it work
Owning multiple popular venues in the high-pressure hospitality industry can be hard on a relationship.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Make Italian wedding soup in 30 minutes with one clever shortcut
Some healthy convenience foods and a meatballs workaround turn the soup into a weeknight meal.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
A Window on the Past: Joseph Hunnewell and his Thornton Heights farm
We’ve recently looked at a few 19th and 20th century farmers in Thornton Heights – Fred Lund, Albert McLean, and John H. Johnson. Let’s go back a generation or two and take a look at the larger Hunnewell farm in the early to mid-1800s that once covered the side of Main Street where today you’d […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: Have Americans lost their capacity for critical thought?
Gleichschaltung was the process by which the Nazis seized control of pre-WWII Germany. History seems to be repeating itself today.