There are still a few weeks left until the first official day of fall, but the mornings are getting cooler now and daylight is fading earlier.
Michele McDonald
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Gallery: A Garden of Happiness
To plant a garden is to grow happiness, and in times of uncertainty and stress, say during a pandemic, who couldn’t use the help? After all, if you can plant a seed and watch it turn into something as beautiful as a flower or useful as a vegetable, what can’t you achieve? Scores of studies […]
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For Maine’s 4-H kids, raising animals a labor of love: A photo gallery
But because the coronavirus has canceled most agricultural fairs this year, they won’t get to take part in a treasured annual tradition.
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Photos: On the lookout for beach people in Maine
Along the state’s long coastline, it’s easy to find a beach where you can swim – while staying socially isolated.
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Photos: Even Maine lighthouses adapt to the coronavirus
Maine Open Lighthouse Day has been canceled this year because of the pandemic, but a date has already been scheduled for next year.
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Photos: Opening up as summer arrives in Maine
After a long, isolated winter and spring, it was good to be out, and revel in the small beauties of life.
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Photos: Staying fit during a pandemic
Many places are still closed, but Mainers are taking to playgrounds, running the roads and walking in parks to work out.
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Photos: The faces of essential workers in Maine
Unlike some of us, they can’t stay safe at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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To lift spirits, Animal Refuge League holds a ‘hootenanny’ drive-by parade. See the video.
About 50 staff members and volunteers of the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland dressed in costumes and lined the driveway and street for a drive-by parade party Thursday at the Westbrook headquarters. Typically during school vacation week, the shelter is full of students who are visiting with their families or attending their vacation […]
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The solace of nature in a time of troubles
One of the byproducts of the coronavirus epidemic is, for many of us, that we are spending more time outdoors – walking daily, just to get out of our apartments and houses. Finding solace and sanctuary in nature in Maine takes effort in the months of March and April. Brief hours of sun are interrupted […]