From feeding the city’s hungry to facilitating urban farming, where do they stand?
Mary Pols
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.
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute lands $6.5 million NASA grant
The Portland center will update and expand its climate change education program for Maine schoolchildren.
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Bicycling advocate Alicia Heyburn returns from Europe with ideas for U.S.
Along with a bike for life, she finds much to emulate from the cycling infrastructure, especially in the Netherlands.
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The state of the Grange in Maine: Shuttering doors or revitalizing an institution?
A growing demographic of young farmers offers hope for sustaining the formerly vital institution.
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Meet John Mandyck: Refrigeration specialist aims at foolishness of food waste
The chief sustainability officer for United Technologies takes on world hunger and connects it to climate change.
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Plastic bag bans and fees catching on in Maine
Portland’s ordinance went into effect on April 15, and other communities are poised to follow.
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What’s That? Clynk Cash
The fundraiser is green times two: It’s recycling and raising money.
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Meet Lawrence Kovacs, head of RSU 1’s Gifted and Talented Program
Taking Maine eighth-graders to the water
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Meet Ed Lutjens, South Portland cooper
A blacksmith by trade, he rises to the challenge of making barrels in which to age Maine spirits.
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Weatherizing this old house for $22,850 (or much, much less)
Like a lot of Mainers, reporter Mary Pols sought an energy audit for her home – but got something of a shock as the estimate for proposed fixes climbed.