Fans of Jerry Farnham’s “Red At Night” series about the Finn family will soon learn how it all works out in the end when “Last Light” is published early in the fall. This final installment picks…
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A Bird's Tale
There are few better places to be on a torridly hot summer day than the cool ocean waters off the Maine coast. That’s where we found ourselves a few…
From the Maine Senate
The entire state of Maine has seen a reduction in rural maternity services. However, in recent weeks it has been brought to light that our very own Labor & Delivery Services at MaineHealth…
Joe's Journal
For a couple of hours Saturday afternoon, as the rest of the world focused on the World Cup, The Open (British, of course), a war on the other side of Mother Earth, and Anti-ICE protests in…
A Bird's Tale
Some of you may know of our sometimes obsession with bird names. We’ve written before on topics that fit that bill, including the question about…
Joe's Journal
As the Graham Platner cluster-flop reverberates through the Pine Tree State, Will Rogers’ famed prophecy came true, again. He said: “I don't belong to an organized political party; I'm a Democrat…
A Bird's Tale
Terns eat fish. We all know that (don’t we?). Many’s the time we have watched these graceful, long-winged birds hovering over the ocean surface before…
Joe's Journal
Well, we all survived the 250th birthday party. If you missed the big event, I am sure Big Al still has a sparkler or two left on his shelves.
We survived, despite wars in Iran and Ukraine…
With fuel pumps and ATMs as frequent targets, a surge of skimming devices is threatening consumers. Criminals attach sophisticated skimmers directly over legitimate card slots or splice them into…
A Bird's Tale
We are fortunate to have a very leafy green neighborhood. Maples, ash, ornamental crabapples, the occasion red oak, a few black locust—the sightline…
'Round Town
It was a magnificent Maine day for the Harbor community and guests, from land and by sea.
Wonderful bluebird sky, painterly puffy clouds, bright sunshine and peanut…
A Bird's Tale
Oystercatcher. It’s an evocative name. Even if you didn’t know that it refers to a bird, you would probably imagine some living thing that catches…
Joe's Journal
The President of the United States says the war with Iran is over, and we won. Bully for us.
He also says Iran should have nuclear technology and ballistic missiles because their neighbors…
Garden Club of Wiscasset
A recent week was a busy time for Garden Club of Wiscasset member Candice (Canny) Cahn. With the help of Wiscasset Recreation Department and in particular, Brandi Marshall, six earth planters were…
A Bird's Tale
A few nights ago, we took our little black dog Loki, out for a last chance to answer “nature’s calling” before we retired for the evening. We had been…
Joe's Journal
The 2026 political primary season is over. Well, that is, sort of over, as we still don’t know who won the nomination for governor.
Despite whizz-bang computerized voting machines that…
Community of Hope
“Human relations were laid bare and…
Column
The second session of the 132nd Legislature adjourned in April, and among our most meaningful accomplishments was passing a series of new laws to make targeted investments in…
Summer is peak moving season, and who you hire matters. Criminals often advertise low prices and provide unusually cheap estimates—sometimes without even seeing your belongings.
Once hired…
From the Maine Senate
In the state of Maine, 68.5% of children under 6 years old live in households with all parents working. 37% of licensed childcare centers in Maine have closed in the…
A Bird's Tale
There’s no doubt that we birders find a thrill in seeing rare birds—birds from somewhere else that make their way to wherever we are (in our case,…
Edgecomb Fire Rescue responded to 25 calls in May, compared with 14 calls in April. May calls included three fires, 17 medical emergencies (ME), four motor vehicle accidents (MVA), and one other…
Criminals often impersonate major brands with large audiences—and Amazon is one of them.
In two newer tactics, scammers send text messages claiming a recent order was recalled, with a…
A Bird's Tale
We wish we had been able to get a photograph of it to show you.
The first crop of baby American robins were out of the nest…
Joe's Journal
I know, I know, the phone is ringing in my pocket and, yes, I know who is calling. I will call back.
Of course, it was Ms. Pigette, the lovely personality holding up a mailbox on Route 27,…
'Round Town
One of my all-time favorite photos was made courtesy of Ella Beauregard when she and her parents lived in the old Ruth Gardner house, just up from Hendricks Head beach on Southport. I was just…
After toll road scams spread last summer, a new version is surging—texts claiming you owe money for a traffic or parking violation.
These messages often include an official-looking notice…
WHERE IT'S AT
I still remember the first time I drove by the big red Edgecomb Pottery "compound" and saw a For Sale sign. What? I did a double take. I remember thinking that business was a landmark on this…
A Bird's Tale
Birds that are great at soaring often seem to do so into, what is for them, uncharted territory, especially in spring when they can ride warm,…
Joe's Journal
One hundred sixty-three years ago, in a small Pennsylvania town where thousands fell in battle, a leather-lunged politician stood before a crowd and told them he hesitated to raise his poor voice…
Chances are you’ve signed up for a…
A Bird's Tale
Over the last month as we’ve walked our little black dog around the neighborhood each morning, we’ve rarely been out of earshot of the trilling songs of either dark-…
Joe's Journal
Thousands of miles east of Boothbay’s Ocean Point, Russians troopers are being slaughtered in a conflict that was supposed to be a cake walk for Russia.
But is it?
Russia’s four-year…
