Reporting Aside: How will central Mainers vote?

A quick polling of Waterville area residents about who they plan to vote for for president garnered an eclectic set of answers, Amy Calder writes.

Backyard Naturalist: Adventures in staying warm

Dana Wilde says it can be a struggle to heat a home efficiently in Maine — if one is being mindful of carbon emissions.

J.P. Devine Podcast: Florida is having a nervous breakdown

On the Edge: Waiting for November

J.P. Devine ponders the storms brewing this month in Florida and at the ballot box.

Reporting Aside: The season of change

The onset of autumn brings opportunity to enjoy the sounds and scents of seasonal change, and to exercise our right to vote in what may be the most consequential presidential election of our lifetimes, Amy Calder writes.

Thinking Things Through: Life is good after Lyme disease treatment

In one second, a creature the size of a poppy seed could have changed my life, Liz Soares writes.

J.P. Devine Podcast: Vice President’s ‘are rarely camera ready’

On the Edge: The great debate

J.P. Devine reflects on what appeared to be two college guys from different fraternity houses going at each other before the big game.

Reporting Aside: Waterville elevator operator a rare breed

Jason Begin is one of only a few elevator operators in the country, working out of the Cyr Block Professional Building on Main Street in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.

Hunt & Harvest: Howling through the woods

Erin Merrill recalls taking her first bear a decade ago in October during a one-day hound hunt.