The state’s signature seafood got a plug from Sen. Angus King, who noted that the state dinner with Xi Jinping will be held on National Lobster Day.
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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Vivian’s Drive-In in Portland is being sold
Longtime owner Donna Morgan (aka Vivian) says the burgers and frappes should remain unchanged.
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Climate change becomes a matter of mental health
Its effects – present and future – weigh heavy on many in Maine. The remedy for that anxiety, according to some researchers: action.
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Meet Fred Horch, organizer of Climate Ride to Common Ground
The more the merrier for the bike trip from Portland to Unity that peddles a planet-saving message.
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Cookbook review: Diana Henry’s ‘A Bird in the Hand’
This book full of intriguing recipes is worth more than two in the bush.
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Meet Ben Dearnley: Farmer and teacher
He fosters healthy growth for special needs kids and tends his CSA crops at Life Force Farm in Bowdoinham.
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Hard work and predawn thinking bear fruit on a Maine farm
A harvest day at Milkweed Farm in Brunswick begins before the sun rises.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Stephen King to be honored with National Medal of Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts, which manages the nomination process for the highest award given to artists by the federal government, cited King’s ‘remarkable storytelling.’
Posted inLocal & State, News
University of Maine System seeks bids on food contract with local focus
The system pledges 20 percent local food by 2020, and a new Maine cooperative says it can exceed that goal.
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Where have Maine’s mussels gone?
Scientists and environmentalists are working to find out why the once plentiful ‘people’s seafood’ has practically vanished from our rocky shores.