Mary Pols writes primarily about sustainability for Source. She came to the Press Herald in late 2013 to work on Source after a long career writing about movies. She has almost, but not quite, broken the habit of waking pre-dawn on Oscar nomination day. Mary was born in Portland and raised in Brunswick, but was away for 25 years so it’s been a thrill for her to learn about her state in the 21st century. She studied art history at Duke and her masters in journalism is from UC Berkeley. She’s happiest reporting a story in Maine’s great outdoors, whether she’s watching seaweed farmers plant a crop or eating fresh caught perch with an ice fisherman while a hungry eagle hovers nearby. History really floats her boat as well (once she wrote an entire story about the life of a very old and rare apple tree in Freeport). She lives in Brunswick with her hockey-obsessed son and their dog, a foster-fail kitten and an elderly Maine Coon.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2016
Past and present employees of Portland arena file lawsuit against former management
Those rehired by the new managers of the Cross Insurance Arena say they’ve been forced to work under “inferior” terms after being told they would get similar pay and benefits, the lawsuit alleges.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2016
Tom Gordon, of the state’s emergency task force, talks about the drought
He’s busy helping farmers deal with what looks like a long-term problem.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2016
Deceased whale was young, in reproductive stage and had been tracked for a decade
Dubbed 3694, she had a few minor scars and a previous encounter with fishing gear, but because of a lack of obvious identifiers, researchers never gave her a name.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2016
Jon Hill, energy-efficiency inspector and organic blueberry farmer
After you’ve weatherized your home and applied for your rebate, this Efficiency Maine specialist may be by to assure the work was done right.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2016
Parades, protests, chicken feet: 40 years of memories at the Common Ground Country Fair
Mainers look back on the big rains, lessons learned and connections made at the fair.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2016
For 20 years, Dave Colson has been helping people park at the Common Ground Country Fair
Yes, sometimes he questions why he still volunteers for this sometimes thankless task.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2016
Grace Pease brings a college degree home to the farm
When she went off to college she wasn’t sure she’d come back, but she and her sister have joined the family business in Cornish.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2016
A 19th-century Brunswick botanist gets her due with book of flora paintings
Kate Furbish was an intrepid collector and artist who was ahead of her time.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2016
Andrew Mefferd carves a career out of his 2 loves
He started out wanting to be a journalist, fell in love with farming and now combines the two in Cornville.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2016
Mainer Caitlin Shetterly takes on the topic of GMOs in new book, ‘Modified’
She goes searching for truths after her health improves when she cuts corn from her diet.
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