Mary Pols – Page 33 – The Portland Press Herald

Staff Writer

Mary Pols writes primarily about sustainability for Source. She came to the Press Herald in late 2013 to work on Source after a long career writing about movies. She has almost, but not quite, broken the habit of waking pre-dawn on Oscar nomination day. Mary was born in Portland and raised in Brunswick, but was away for 25 years so it’s been a thrill for her to learn about her state in the 21st century. She studied art history at Duke and her masters in journalism is from UC Berkeley. She’s happiest reporting a story in Maine’s great outdoors, whether she’s watching seaweed farmers plant a crop or eating fresh caught perch with an ice fisherman while a hungry eagle hovers nearby. History really floats her boat as well (once she wrote an entire story about the life of a very old and rare apple tree in Freeport). She lives in Brunswick with her hockey-obsessed son and their dog, a foster-fail kitten and an elderly Maine Coon.

Meet, Source

Activist-entrepreneur John Rooks pushes sustainability toward status quo

by Mary Pols April 17, 2016April 18, 2016

The co-creator of Rapport is helping Maine companies report on and improve their earth-friendly efforts.

Source

The Newcomer: Central Maine Meats

by Mary Pols April 14, 2016

The Gardiner business aims to butcher and prep locally raised beef, pigs and lamb.

Source

The Pollinator: ReVision Energy

by Mary Pols April 10, 2016April 11, 2016

The company built Maine’s first net zero office building and school in 2015.

Source

The Teacher: Islesboro Central School

by Mary Pols April 10, 2016April 10, 2016

Instructors teach horticulture and student can earn college credit on the school’s farm.

Source

The Cultivators: Unity College

by Mary Pols April 10, 2016April 7, 2016

As it turns 50, the Waldo County school continues to contribute to ‘a better Maine.’

Arts & Entertainment

Movie review: ‘We the People’ explores power of Market Basket strike – with a heavy hand

by Mary Pols April 10, 2016April 9, 2016

The documentary tells the story of the public battle over the future of the Demoulas family’s supermarket chain mostly through the journalists who covered it.