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The anything but royal couple

By Erin Domareki - Feb 09
London dislikes me. I do mean London, the city in England, not some toddler with a New Age name. Perhaps I’m being paranoid, but I suspect London ...
Weathering the weather

By Chris Wolf - Feb 09
A spring-like day followed by two days of snow and freezing temperatures. Then magically it’s in the 40s again. What’s up with the weather? Ken ...
Blizzard of 1952: No school!

By Terry Economy - Feb 06
On Feb. 6, 1952, the National Weather Bureau issued the following weather statement: 'A huge snow storm is heading up the coast of New England ...
Remembering an old growth cedar stand

By Ron Joseph - Feb 05
“When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined branches, ...
Vermicomposting: Winter project prepares for spring planting

By Jean English - Feb 04
Tired of trekking out to the compost bin in winter? Consider vermicomposting. Vermicomposts, according to the Soil Ecology Laboratory at the Ohio ...
No bodies, just background

By Barbara F. Dyer - Feb 04
People are saying that all things today are much worse than ever before, but good things have happened. You just have to look a little harder to ...
Letters to the editor, Feb. 2

Feb 04
Bridge to differ You recently featured an article about Matinicus by Eva Murray in which your headline stated that there are no bridges here. There...
Coach Maz, a Giant defense

By Chris Wolf - Feb 04
Ed Mazurek, of Rockland, taught social studies and coached football at Rockland District High School before retiring and entering into politics. ...
Governor's weekly radio address
Stand up and speak out

By Gov. Paul LePage - Feb 04
The following is text from the governor's Feb. 4, 2012, radio address. To listen, click the MP3 link below. "Hello. This is Governor Paul ...
Weekly Democratic radio address
Economy depends on strengthening middle class, working families

By Rep. Jeff McCabe - Feb 04
The following is text from the Feb. 4, 2012, Democratic radio address. To listen, click the MP3 link below. "Good morning, I’m Democratic State ...
Tracking our summer birds south

By Kristen Lindquist - Feb 03
Remember that unusual raft of 600-plus coots that hung out on Chickawaukie Lake into early January, dwindling down to two, then none, as the lake ...
'How was work today, dear?'

By Eva Murray - Feb 03
What am I doing in Stonington with a… minivan? I was off to visit the Isle au Haut school because that is the sort of thing I get to do for ...
An education bill with serious flaws

By Audrey Buffington - Feb 03
The second session of the Maine 125th Legislature is busy as can be. Just the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee has so many bills that it ...
Tiny lobsters tell tale of global change

Feb 03
A story on this week's Waterlines page (D2) announces the receipt by the Lobster Conservancy of a $4,500 Maine Community Foundation grant to be ...
Baking with Betty

By Betty Heald - Feb 03
This week's column is dedicated to All of you who do not flee South when the tempo and snow flakes start falling. Cranberry-Pear Cobbler 2 cans ...
OPINION: Politics & Other Mistakes
Magic power

By Al Diamon - Feb 03
A few months after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, my wife and I were wandering around the eastern part of that city and came upon a little ...
Insufficient

Feb 02
Two weeks ago, we argued in this space that the 18 municipalities forming Knox County deserved more from their county administration concerning ...
The island wilderness myth

By Philip Conkling - Feb 02
The first Maine island I ever visited was a dream come true. A lobsterman dropped me on a beautiful rugged island off the Washington County ...
I would live in my parent’s basement. If they did.

By Erin Domareki - Feb 02
I slept in my parent’s bed until I left for college. I didn’t sleep there every night, and it’s not as though I wandered wearing extra-large ...
eBay as indicator of public interest in scientists

By Tom McCutchan - Feb 02
I studied at Yale University for four years and during that time I met a number people who were to become famous, at least in the scientific ...

Blogs

Discussions

Re: RSU 13 budget process struggling due to lost revenue

By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Feb 09
IF our student population is shrinking lets cut the budget by 1.7 Million; if not more. We cannot afford another increase in our taxes this year. ...
Re: Beaumont Glass Jr.

By Richard McKusic, Sr. - Feb 09
"his tireless wife who insisted on being trained to be his primary caregiver" Phew, talk about selfless love; especially at her age. Am glad this ...
Re: Beaumont Glass Jr.

By Kerry Hadley - Feb 09
Beaumont was one of the loveliest men I've ever met. Passionate and elegant and so knowledgeable about Opera. The last time I saw him was at the ...
Re: Benjamin Snow

By Bridget & Richard ... - Feb 07
wish
Re: Benjamin Snow

By Bridget & Richard ... - Feb 07
What a beautiful life trubute to a son, brother, father, friend. Makes me with I had know this man.

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