This coming week, a bog with its surrounding ring of black spruce, tamarack and occasional white cedar strikes me as the perfect destination for a hike, a surprising conclusion when considering so many critters in this habitat have migrated away or lie concealed in trees, shrubs and forest debris or beneath the ground and water surface.
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Newtown: A special town shattered by tragedy
NEWTOWN, Conn. — At the crossroads that marks the center of this three-century-old New England postcard town stands a flagpole that’s a kind of barometer. Every day, says Susan Osborne White, who has lived here all her life, “it tells me which way the wind is blowing” — and she calls the local newspaper whenever […]
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Maine gov. expresses sympathy for shooting victims
LePage called it a horrific event and said he and his wife Ann will continue to pray for the families of the children and staff members who lost their lives.
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Victim’s personhood lost amid coverage of Belcher’s suicide
The 22-year-old woman, whom her family described as being full of laughter, kindness, optimism and inspiration, had recently given birth to a baby girl. The baby was in the house when her father, the Kansas City Chief’s linebacker Jovan Belcher, killed her mother.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): INDULGENCE is a great gift for everyone on your list
Will you surprise the most important person in your life (and we hope that isn’t you!) with a romantic getaway, a lovely massage, mouth-watering chocolates, the theater or a memorable dinner at one of Maine’s finest restaurants? What’s under your Christmas tree this year?
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BOOKS: Suzanne Collins book due in 2013
“The Hunger Games” novelist Suzanne Collins has a new book coming out next year. The multimillion-selling children’s author has completed an autobiographical picture story scheduled for Sept. 10, 2013, Scholastic Inc. announced. The 40-page book will be called “Year of the Jungle,” based on the time in Vietnam served by Collins’ father, a career Air Force officer.
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BOOKS: ‘The Black Box:’ Harry Bosch is back
Michael Connelly has been writing books featuring Los Angeles police Detective Harry Bosch for 20 years, and his 25th novel, “The Black Box,” continues his streak of telling stellar crime stories.
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BOOKS: ‘Heads in Beds’ promises keys to hotel industry kingdom
At its heart, this engaging, gentle biography is a tale of how a particular slice of the other half lived — in today’s parlance, that’s the 2 percent — in the mid-20th century. With its focus on class, events of the day and love affairs, it’s a one-woman “Downton Abbey” for the Yankee political class.
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GUEST COLUMN: Moose check station stories: Unreal to surreal
In late September 1980, Maine’s annual moose hunt resumed for the first time in 54 years, but not without controversy. The six-day hunt was preceded by several legislative hearings in Augusta in 1979. In packed hearing rooms, the Legislature entertained passionate testimonials from anti-hunters, hunters, business owners, state senators and representatives. Arguments for and against the moose hunt was great live theater, unscripted and unrehearsed.