Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
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PublishedMay 9, 2010
Lobster pot left to rot? That’s one man’s idea
For fishermen like Jarod Bray, economic uncertainty gives rise to creative alternatives.
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PublishedMay 7, 2010
Endorsement Board InterviewsLes Otten, Greenwood Republican
Republican Les Otten says he wants to be Maine’s next governor so he can end the bureaucratic nightmare that makes it difficult to run a business in the state. Otten, a former owner of the Sunday River ski area in Newry, was part of a group of investors who bought the Boston Red Sox in […]
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PublishedMay 7, 2010
Portland has a lot growing for it
Just ask its arborists: In a place designated as a Tree City USA for three decades now, people take the foliage very seriously.
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PublishedMay 6, 2010
Endorsement Board InterviewsPaul LePage, Waterville Republican
Watch candidate interview Paul LePage, the mayor of Waterville, said there is a simple reason why he wants to be Maine’s next governor: the American Dream. He said he is a product of the American Dream, having left his family — he was one of 18 children — when he was 11 to live on […]
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PublishedMay 5, 2010
Maine soldiers headed to Iraq
The military police will serve a one-year tour.
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PublishedMay 5, 2010
Endorsement Board InterviewsPeter Mills, Cornville Republican
Republican Peter Mills said he is running for governor because state government doesn’t count the things that really matter to people. He said there’s a lack of accountability that produces a government that is more focused on perpetuating itself than in solving underlying problems. That lack of accountability, and his desire to change it, compelled […]
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PublishedMay 3, 2010
Poland Spring delivers clean water to Boston
The company delivered 21 truckloads of water and expects to deliver 40 truckloads more in the next two days.
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PublishedMay 2, 2010
Waste knot: Toxic threat on banks of the Penobscot
ORRINGTON – At this time of year, the Penobscot River flows dark and deep, draining the second-largest watershed in New England — and one of the most pristine. But as the river passes through the town of Orrington, it picks up an added ingredient: mercury leaking from five landfills on the riverbank at the former […]
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PublishedApril 26, 2010
Peace prevails on both sides at gun rally
The Portland event draws 125 open-carry backers and about 30 protesters
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PublishedApril 25, 2010
Gun advocates, opponents gather in Portland
Police say the open-carry rally and protest go off without a hitch.
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