Planet Botanicals uses sustainably harvested Maine seaweed and African shea butter in its new line of skin care products.
September 2017
Posted inMeet, Source
Kayla Blindert sees a gleaning trove in backyard fruit
Her latest public service is canvassing Portland’s fruit-foraging opportunities to help feed the hungry.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Set in York in the 1700s, Maine writer’s new play could have been written about society today
Michael Kimball explores a true story about race, class and the hanging of an Indian woman during Maine’s Colonial era.
Posted inSource
David Buchanan’s fruitful endeavors at Portersfield Cider
The author, forager and craft cider maker has built a tasting room and planted hundreds of trees at his orchard in Pownal.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Despite setbacks and questions, a company pursues new multimillion-dollar markets for Maine wood
Maine Woods Biomass Exports is shipping hemlock to China, hoping an undervalued species can create opportunities for Maine’s hard-pressed forest products industry.
Posted inMaine, News, That Moment
Dying but determined, Gorham hell-raiser attends his own wake
With his days numbered by a grim diagnosis, 64-year-old Jack Fogg invites friends and family to say goodbye to him – in person.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine man evicted for using pot to calm his seizures now calls hospital home
His family’s decision to try marijuana to alleviate seizures got Mark Madore kicked out of his federally funded group home. But the limbo he’s in shows a state safety net in need of repair.
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Maine Compass: The growing risks in youth sports
With participation up, so are injuries. But there are ways to prevent damage.
Posted inOp-Eds
Jim Fossel: What does it mean that Bannon has not gone quietly?
The former White House chief strategist’s post-Oval Office actions have raised interesting questions.
