They’re spending the summer on Maine farms picking blueberries, cucumbers, strawberries and more.
2018
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Dressing for success: How to avoid ticks
There are some simple steps you can take to help prevent Lyme disease – from the right clothes to the right bug spray – and they start with awareness.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Two candidates vie to unseat Sen. Angus King
A Republican and a Democrat hope to deny the popular senator a second term.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Challengers’ task: Portray Sen. King as out of touch
That’s no easy feat given the Maine independent’s popularity, but two millennial candidates are ready to tango on North Korea, guns and Trump.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Screen addicts: With students left to their own devices, schools and parents seek ways to keep kids attentive
Students today spend more hours glued to phones than in the classroom, and adults are turning to tracking apps or outright bans.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
From a tiny dam in 1899 to a cog in a multinational corporation: A history of CMP
Like other energy companies, CMP would utlimately be swept up in a surge of acquisitions.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Under fire from all sides, CMP losing the power of its word
The utility faces parallel investigations of its response to October’s windstorm, and a looming class-action suit. But its biggest challenge? Regaining customers’ trust.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Local & State, News
Maine’s pipemaking business becomes piping hot
Since Maine legalized marijuana, more and more pipemakers are openly plying their trade even though a strict interpretation of federal statute still deems their wares illegal to sell.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: POTUS pouting over his lost parade
Being emotionally 9 years old when you’re the president can get you — and the whole world — in trouble, but wanting a big, ‘Ben Hur’-type parade then becomes understandable, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inOp-Eds
Greg Kesich: We’re living in the ‘U.S. of ADHD’
Constant distraction is taking its toll and characterizes our time alongside ‘The Age of Anxiety’ and ‘Prozac Nation.’