A Belfast goat balked at going to the vet, went on the lam and swam with the fishes.
2020
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State
Dana Wilde: Poppop’s got a brand new jeejah
It’s hard to remember what life was like before syntactic devices, but it existed, writes Dana Wilde.
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Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: California passes 25,000 deaths, finds 3 more variant cases
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: 2020 was a year of inequality
The coronavirus pandemic affected everyone, but some of us faced an outsized share of disruption.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Dec. 31
Dec. 31, 1775: As the first year of the American Revolution draws to a close, American Revolutionary forces led by Col. Benedict Arnold and Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery attack the British fortress at Quebec City while a snowstorm rages. The assault fails. Arnold, who led his men on an epic, hardship-filled journey up Maine’s Kennebec […]
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Donors push Toy Fund over $250,000
There is no time limit for making a donation.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Jody Rich, Waterville: Sitting separately, savoring the same dishes
Al Roker had just signed off from the Macy’s Day Parade. Ro and I stood for a stretch. “Is that a car in our driveway?” “Oh! It’s Deb!” We were expecting some potatoes. We had delivered portions of the annually requested shrimp and grits, and creamed onions, the day before to her, to Niece Elise, […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Anne Holliday Abbott, Portland: Surprise – it’s the president
It was 1965 and a late fall afternoon in the Hill Country of Texas when a surprise visitor dropped into the newsroom of The College Star, on the second floor of Old Main, a majestic, Victorian Gothic style building on the campus of Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos. That afternoon the newsroom was […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Regional emission-reduction drive must be part of Maine’s transportation solution
It’s important for Maine to participate so we can ensure that the Transportation and Climate Initiative is designed to benefit the unique needs of a rural state.