Embarking on a quest to make 1,000 cranes dedicated to a friend’s healing, Liz Soares finds calm and good vibes in the process.
Scott Monroe
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Where to travel in October
A recent news article prompts J.P. Devine to reflect on ‘happier’ places and the lies we sometimes tell ourselves to get through moments of desperation.
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Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: After apple picking
Golden sunlight, a cartload of apples and a love of autumn and family are lasting September memories, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Cat on a hot Prius roof
When a black cat crosses one’s path, I’ve been told it’s an omen, and I looked it up to be sure, writes J.P. Devine.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Marking the changing of seasons
Liz Soares embraces the many signs that fall has arrived as the natural world changes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: They’re coming (redux)
Disaster has been the sad old song this summer and Maine should be ready, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Spiders weaving durable webs
A whole other world of construction is glinting in the late summer woods, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
State workers rally for new contract outside ’employee appreciation’ event in Augusta
AUGUSTA — About 60 people chanted while carrying signs Tuesday during a Department of Administrative and Financial Services “employee appreciation” event, the latest public display of unrest over an expired contract for nearly 13,000 state employees. The members of the Maine Service Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union, held the lunchtime […]
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Madison man pleads guilty to wire fraud in ‘ticket switching’ scam at Maine stores
Aaron Hoster, 51, entered the plea Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for switching the price tags for pricey items at Home Depot and Lowe’s stores.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Requiem for 2 strangers
The lasting image of a man and woman holding hands as they stepped off into space as the World Trade Center collapsed around them is a reminder of what we lost on 9/11 and our capacity to be dreamers, J.P. Devine writes.