A study in contradictions, natural gas is both helping to keep the lights on and contributing to the risk of rolling blackouts. Here’s why the role it plays in the region’s energy grid will remain a factor in Maine for years to come.
2022
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s Susan Collins should heed MLK’s words on voting rights
The senator and her Republican colleagues must recognize that there is no middle ground in the march toward multiracial democracy.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Here’s how to improve a bacon burger
Add peanut butter. Honest to God.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: If you talk the talk, remember it might be borrowed from another sport
In many ways hunters have a language of their own, with influences coming from a variety of other sports.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: So many species make appearances for Christmas Bird Count
The 122nd Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society, looked for bird activity in certain areas, and results are in.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Rick Charette’s music rolls on
The beloved singer/songwriter may retire, but his songs are on the lips of a new generation of parents and children.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Taking a chance on democracy
Governments are experimenting with randomly selected citizen assemblies to develop public policy ideas.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Democrats need to start thinking small
If they want to get anything done, Democrats in Washington should stop trying to pass sweeping bills that have no Republican support.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Buddy, can you spare a kidney?
Organ donation may not be on the top of most people’s to-do lists, but maybe it should.