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A Bird's Tale
When you hear the word “Arctic,” what comes to mind?
Is it ice and snow and rocks? Is it polar bears and vast stretches of whiteness?
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From the assistant editor
This print week alone, meaning from roughly last Tuesday night to Tuesday of this week when we finished the pages, I got to interview the new owner of the old Sarah's Cafe building about why he…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Children.
The most vulnerable folks in our state have no vote in their future. They depend on the “collective wisdom” of their elders to protect them, look out for their…
A Bird's Tale
Countless times, we’ve driven past the big, white farmhouse next to the long, red milking barn in the center of our favorite local grassland. But a few days ago, we…
Joe's Journal
This is a note to the suits who quarterback Maine Health.
I know I have been a pain in the tush as I opposed, and will continue to oppose, your decision to close the Miles L & D unit.…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
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Column
Students across Maine are back in school, and the fall season is now in full swing for many students, parents and teachers.
One of my top priorities during this…
Community of Hope
"In the 1970s and '80s, Mainers…
From the editor
Andy Rooney (1919-2011) was a well-known journalist and essayist whose columns we featured for years in this newspaper. He was a friend of former publishers Howard and Marylouise Cowan. His…
From the assistant editor
We don’t usually publish town department heads’ monthly reports in their entirety, or even close. But in the spirit of Wiscasset’s efforts to help inform residents as the town continues toward the…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The 132nd Legislature enacted a bill that effectively made "Maine, A Sanctuary State". LD 1971 "An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State…
A Bird's Tale
Mainers used to love to go on about how short the summers were here.
Not any more.
Climate change has elongated…
WHERE IT'S AT
The creative team of author and poet Susan Schadler and artists Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer recently released “Growing Wild: Four seasons of New England and Native Plants and Their Creatures.”…
A Bird's Tale
In this age of artificial intelligence, satellite tagging technology, automated sound recorders, genetic analyses, and countless other sophisticated science tools,…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Charlotte Nutt is one of the most inspiring women I know. Yes, I’m quite biased: I’m very proud to be her sister-in-law.
Like most people who care deeply about politics…
A Bird's Tale
We stumbled upon a surprising concentration of shorebirds a few days ago. If you’ve ever driven down Interstate 295 to Portland, you have driven over the Royal…
From the assistant editor
I tend to think of "By the time you read this" as one of those superfluous, disposable phrases, like "in order to" instead of "to" and "out of an abundance of caution" instead of "out of caution…
