Behind the walls of the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, inmates find solace and self-respect as they train puppies from the Animal Welfare League in Kennebunk.
2019
Posted inFood & Dining, Source
Allagash beers get uber-local with new on-site orchard
Its first cherry harvest is being used in a sour blonde ale.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Calls for Franken’s resignation failed to take facts into account
Sen. Angus King did the right thing by saying he wished he hadn’t asked the senator to step down.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Op-Eds, Opinion
J. Lauren Sangster, Portland: A voice from the past still soothes
When I think of a phone call that means something to me, I think of a voicemail from Mike. I found it sometime after Mike passed away, still sitting in the in-box on my phone since the day he left it, Aug. 8, 2018. For a while I listened to the words, “I saw you […]
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Saltmarsh sparrows are exceptional, but in steep decline
The species has been reduced by nearly 80 percent in the last 15 years, down to about 30,000 birds.
Posted inCommunity
Winslow readies for Blueberry Festival
The free event will kick off with an all-you-can-eat blueberry pancake breakfast.
Posted inMaine, News
Was Margaret Chase Smith a ‘devil in disguise?’
Fiercely anti-communist, Maine’s legendary senator earned scathing criticism from the Kremlin as she eyed nuclear war to block the rise of the Soviet Union.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Texas governor: 20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting
The governor of Texas says 20 people were killed in a shooting in a busy shopping area in the border town of El Paso, and the police chief said among the possibilities being investigated is whether it was a hate crime
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Wolfe’s Neck announces new initiative to improve soil health, combat climate change
FREEPORT — As part of a $10 million collaboration, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment is attempting a “farming revolution” to combat carbon emissions and the effects of climate change, according to the Freeport nonprofit’s executive director, David Herring. It will provide “any farmer anywhere with free access to site-specific data, providing quantitative […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
FBI investigating early-morning shooting in York
One man was injured in the incident, and the FBI says there is a ‘very active investigation’ into the shooting.