Officials need to work together to get through problems caused by COVID-19.
2020
Posted inFood & Dining, News
Preserve that garden bounty safely
A lot of resources exist to help beginners can fruits and vegetables properly.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Legislative free-for-all gives Democrats 24 uncontested seats
For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats, who face no opposition in November.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
Mainers are canning like crazy – if they can find supplies
In the spring, many quarantined Mainers planted gardens. Now that the harvest is here, they want to preserve the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump tax cut was neither boon nor bane
Ignore the campaign claims on both sides. The 2017 law didn’t favor the rich or boost the economy. (It did pump up the deficit, but how many voters care about that?)
Posted inBicentennial, News
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 16
Sept. 16, 2019: An explosion at the Farmington offices of LEAP, an agency that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, kills Capt. Michael Bell of the Farmington Fire Rescue Department. Six other firefighters and a building maintenance worker who were investigating reports of a propane smell are injured. The explosion is so powerful it […]