The Birches Resort has 40 miles of machine-tracked cross-country ski trails, remote yurts and a base lodge to welcome you in from the wilderness.
2023
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Why be cautious when we can be ambitious?
The latest budget covers what will be challenging and unusual years for the state of Maine. To look at its contents offers little indication of that reality.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Increasingly diverse U.S. workplaces will force more employers to be flexible
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are by now common across America. So far, too many have been rigid, poorly developed and prone to failure.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Uncategorized
Maine’s first-time homebuyers can’t get a foot in the door
The competitive market is boxing out newcomers at a time when Maine needs more young residents than ever to fill job openings.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: A whisper to breathe
In the stressful moments of life, J.P. Devine recalls the clarity that comes with taking a deep breath.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Looking at Portland’s racial disparity in arrests, and weighing what it means
What I know is that bias is pervasive, even if most of us don’t think of ourselves as biased at all.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: What seems random is probably more of a survival instinct
From grouse to deer to snowshoe hare, so many actions are not just reactionary but often related to survival.
Posted inMaine, News, Opinion
Sixty years later, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ resonates in Maine
The letter is being read publicly Monday in an online remembrance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the readers shared their thoughts about participating, and what the letter means.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Could speaker drama happen in Maine?
If Republicans got the House majority, their own ineptitude – combined with Democratic unity and ideological cohesion – could still cost them the gavel.