Maine Audubon says an annual count of common loons found more adults and chicks this year than last.
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7 Maine events this week include ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ and Vigorous Tenderness
Also, Pink Talking Fish performs at the State Theatre.
Downtown Portland shines in historical holiday photos from 1937
Congress Street was festive with Christmas lights, trees and garland.
Janet Mills has been fighting from the start | Letter
Stop putting social media above real life.
Op-ed on climate change offered hope | Letter
I was encouraged by Prof. Tom Bateman’s Dec. 9 op-ed, “The window of opportunity for productive climate action is still open.” As Bateman says, we have the technology to deal with the climate situation and need only the will to think long-term. Our government is the organization that should be leading us, not holding us […]
We’re well into the onset of a dictatorship | Letter
Something’s happening here. What it is is increasingly clear. The autocracy may not solidify, but we’re close. President Trump, rather than uphold the law as he swore to do, succeeds in ignoring the law, or finding ways around it, or loopholes through it. Killing people suspected of ferrying cocaine, claiming it’s fitting because they are […]
It’s time Maine takes the lead and protects health care | Nirav Shah
‘Dirigo’ is not a slogan; it’s a responsibility.
New construction training program aims to fill Maine’s worker shortage
The Maine Community College System and Associated General Contractors of Maine are establishing a pre-apprenticeship program to prepare adult Mainers for in-demand building trades.
We must mitigate the spread of PFAS on Brunswick Landing | Opinion
The August 2024 release of firefighting foam continues to cast a dark shadow over health, safety and new development at the site.
Dar Williams travels to Maine on the ‘Hummingbird Highway’
The singer-songwriter plays in Brownfield on Dec. 27.