The Sappi Fine Paper mill in Skowhegan has 170 salaried employees. An employment figure reported in a story on page A1 of Friday’s paper was incorrect. It was a reporter’s error.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Striper catches have plummeted
Stripers Forever (SF), a conservation organization that monitors our striped-bass resources, recently pointed out that the recreational catch of wild stripers along the Eastern Seaboard has dropped from nearly 29 million in 2006 to 8 million in 2011, thanks to poor spawning success in Chesapeake Bay and also to over-harvesting by recreational and commercial anglers.
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BOOKS: Shedding light on traditional societies
What if, in trying to figure out the best way to lead our lives, we could conduct tests on the different methods?
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BOOKS: Robert Langdon returns in May
A new Dan Brown novel is coming in May, and the subject is Dante.
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Trees and sun of winter
Our little clearing on the side of a hill in Troy is surrounded by firs, spruces, pines and some oaks and maples 40 to 50 feet tall, a few probably higher.
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VIDEO: Portland school honors MLK with art, music, words
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, students at Ocean Avenue Elementary in Portland read and discussed the book, “Martin’s Big Words,” as well as participated in a drum circle and mural painting to honor the slain civil rights leader. Below, Saya Brown, 6, reads the book the event […]
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CORRECTION
Park and Winter streets in Waterville are parallel to one another. A story on page B3 in Saturday’s edition about a burglary Thursday at the Save-A-Lot store in Waterville described the streets incorrectly. It was a source’s error.
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Bloody assault mounted for hostages
A spaghetti dinner is planned for 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the Manchester Lions Club to benefit two families that were burned out of their apartments in a fire at 55 Sewall St. in Augusta. The date was incorrect in a story Wednesday on page A1. It was an editing error.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Fly-tying creates lifelong memories
Fly-tying booms across Maine each winter, a wonderfully pleasant pastime that requires no license to participate — just good eyes, nimble fingers and sedulous nature.