I was thrilled to see the front page of the Maine Sunday Telegram last week with Colin Woodard’s first installment of Maine’s history (“Dawnland: Maine’s march toward statehood began much earlier than you might have thought,” Feb. 16). His knowledge and expression of history are a joy to read. Having just read Annie Proulx’s novel […]

Re: “Mainer discovers downside to viral post about ring lost 6,000 miles away” (Jan. 23): I attended the Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts for my last two years of high school. It was also my father’s alma mater. He graduated in 1946. There was no money for a class ring when I graduated, so […]

Fracked gas. That was the topic of the first green group meeting I attended in North Carolina since I relocated from Maine. Gas companies are looking to build new pipelines to burn even more fracked gas here in North Carolina and nearby states. Fracked gas from Pennsylvania is the enemy here among green groups because […]