Maine’s islands have made nice, solid settings for novels for a long time, and three recent ones happened to come my way this summer.
2020
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Collins makes history with big Senate win
The victory of Maine’s first five-term senator bucks the national trend of increasingly polarized politics.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: In Maine, split decisions all the way down the ballot
All the divisions in American politics that have hardened over the past generation were very much on display.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 5
Nov. 5, 1919: Maine becomes the 19th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which eventually gives women the right to vote. The decision reflects an about-face from the result of a statewide referendum only two years earlier, on Sept. 10, 1917, when Maine men voted by a 2-to-1 ratio to deny […]
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
New Winslow Police Chief Len Macdaid focuses on community
Macdaid has pursued his career in law enforcement in Lewiston, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, Clinton and Newport before he landed in Winslow on Oct. 13.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
With pre-election polls so far off, so often, should we pay any attention to them?
Pollsters and election experts say there are just too many, done to varying degrees of thoroughness, to provide any real value to voters.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Annunziata Graziano, Readfield: Face to face with my guardian angel
Someone recently asked me if religion is a big part of my life. I tried to highlight all the ways I stay connected to my faith, but there are moments that are unexplainable even to me. I have trusted my life in God’s hands since the day I was born. My faith has faltered, and […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Beatrice Talmage, Portland: Sweetly reunited with Dad
When my father came home on weekends, my younger brother and I darted to the door at the sound of his footsteps. That rattling of the door handle was, perhaps, the only force – besides a mother’s scolding – that could release our fingers from our Nintendo controllers. “Dad’s home!” we squealed. Excitement radiated from […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: New plan to kill CMP corridor will have unintended consequences
The latest referendum push wouldn’t just block this project but would also create hurdles for other clean-energy proposals.