Letter
2020
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
It’s been a challenging fall for these Maine college athletes
Four Maine high school grads attending schools beyond the Northeast have had varied experiences adjusting to college life, sports, and in some cases an absence of competition, during the pandemic.
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Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Oct. 25
Oct. 25, 1836: The passenger steamship Royal Tar, heading from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Portland, burns and sinks in Penobscot Bay while carrying a variety of circus animals, as well as 72 passengers and 21 crew members. Thirty-two people and most of the animals die in the sinking. Two of the ship’s four lifeboats […]
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Suburban battleground in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
As Susan Collins and Sara Gideon scrap for votes, the margin of victory in Greater Portland towns could decide the election.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
‘Nothing is the same’: Educators adapt to teaching in the COVID-19 era
As Maine schools see isolated cases of coronavirus and shift between instructional models, teachers are doing their best to regain a sense of normalcy and adapt their classrooms to the pandemic.