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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PublishedNovember 23, 2015
Solidarity Harvest corrals massive food drive to feed 8,000
Volunteers with a Brewer nonprofit, Food AND Medicine, know what it means to be without a job and help out with Thanksgiving baskets filled with Maine produce.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2015
Jeremy Bloom is a web-savvy problem solver in Maine’s food system
The Internet Farmer uses his expertise for farmers, co-ops and restaurants.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2015
Gulf of Maine Research Institute lands $6.5 million NASA grant
The Portland center will update and expand its climate change education program for Maine schoolchildren.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2015
The state of the Grange in Maine
A growing demographic of young farmers offers hope for sustaining the formerly vital institution.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2015
Bicycling advocate Alicia Heyburn returns from Europe with ideas for U.S.
Along with a bike for life, she finds much to emulate from the cycling infrastructure, especially in the Netherlands.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2015
Maine lobster on the menu for Obama’s dinner with Chinese president
The state’s signature seafood got a plug from Sen. Angus King, who noted that the state dinner with Xi Jinping will be held on National Lobster Day.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2015
Cookbook review: Diana Henry’s ‘A Bird in the Hand’
This book full of intriguing recipes is worth more than two in the bush.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2015
Stephen King to be honored with National Medal of Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts, which manages the nomination process for the highest award given to artists by the federal government, cited King’s ‘remarkable storytelling.’
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PublishedAugust 25, 2015
LePage again talks of challenging Angus King for Senate seat in ’18
Appearing on Howie Carr’s radio show, the governor reaffirms interest in a Senate run that he had earlier deemed a joke.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2015
Great Falls Balloon Festival takes off
The Lewiston event bounces back from last winter’s theft of $50,000 worth of power cords.
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