Mary Pols writes primarily about sustainability for Source. She came to the Press Herald in late 2013 to work on Source after a long career writing about movies. She has almost, but not quite, broken the habit of waking pre-dawn on Oscar nomination day. Mary was born in Portland and raised in Brunswick, but was away for 25 years so it’s been a thrill for her to learn about her state in the 21st century. She studied art history at Duke and her masters in journalism is from UC Berkeley. She’s happiest reporting a story in Maine’s great outdoors, whether she’s watching seaweed farmers plant a crop or eating fresh caught perch with an ice fisherman while a hungry eagle hovers nearby. History really floats her boat as well (once she wrote an entire story about the life of a very old and rare apple tree in Freeport). She lives in Brunswick with her hockey-obsessed son and their dog, a foster-fail kitten and an elderly Maine Coon.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2017
Did you know marijuana is America’s most energy-intensive crop?
With the vote to make recreational usage legal, Maine is about to start growing even more of it.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2017
Luke Truman is planning for a greener future at Allagash Brewing
From LED lightbulbs to using beer money to stop draft, the maintenance engineer is committed to sustainability.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2017
Report of ghost at Biddeford City Theater met with skepticism
But a co-founder of EVP Paranormal of Maine insists her team captured a spectral image on infrared cameras.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2017
Farmer wants you to decide: Which taste better, carrots from Maine or California?
Lakeside Family Farm is putting the Cali-grown version inside its bag of Maine carrots and asking you to choose.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2017
Are snowbird farmers the next wave in agriculture?
Some Maine farmers are flying to Florida to continue growing crops in winter.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2017
Dutch Dresser builds wood pellet heating systems
It’s part of his master plan to keep $1 billion in the state of Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2017
Tanya Swain’s the project director of the Maine Food Strategy
Her goal is to create a system whereby Maine people and Maine food easily connect.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2016
You’re kind of done with that Christmas tree. Now, what to do with it?
What was a beautiful thing just days ago now may feel like a waste dilemma.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2016
Cows don’t just get pregnant on their own, they get help from Carolyn Woerter
Maine’s purveyor of bull semen delivers the necessary product all around the state to dairy and beef farms.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2016
These new Mainers started a leather accessory business in their apartment
They came to Maine to build their brand, Needless Society.
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