Andrea Lani says she was made a clerk in retaliation for opposing the end of a program she coordinated.
Beth Quimby
Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
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DEP staffer’s lawsuit claims job retaliation
Andrea Lani, who coordinated the kid-safe products program, claims she was demoted for testifying against repeal of the program.
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Japanese foresters study Maine’s sustainability model
A group from Japan is touring Maine logging sites to learn about the state’s first-in-the world sustainability certification program.
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Fall missing its true colors
The Maine landscape this fall has a little less sparkle, fewer brilliant reds, neon oranges and iridescent purples . . .
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The Dempsey Challenge: Star power greases wheels of fundraiser
LEWISTON – It wasn’t just the athletic challenges that sent heart rates racing at The Dempsey Challenge over the weekend. The presence of the event’s founder, Patrick Dempsey, seemed to raise the crowd’s collective pulse rate as well. The actor, a Maine native who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd, aka “Dr. McDreamy,” on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” […]
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Thousands turn out to pedal in the Dempsey Challenge
The fundraising event got off to a start at 7:30 a.m. with thousands of bicyclists lined up at the starting gate.
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Paraplegic boater ‘put himself last’ to save lives
Nicholas Masi of Biddeford made a distress call as his boat capsized. Three survived, but his friend died.
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Railroad attraction may make Gray home
The town’s right of way is a big drawing card for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, an official says.
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Coastal flooding expected south of Portland today
Flooding could happen near high tide at 3:30 p.m.
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‘Erasing the Fore’
The dismantling of a landscape sculpture follows wave after wave of criticism.