Local farmers sing, plan, repair, sell and ski, or rather teach others to ski.
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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Meet: Dan Lentz renews shoes
The cobbler sees a rise in demand for his services, love for his art.
Posted inMeet, Source
Meet Kate Wentworth: Wanderlust steers young woman to a yurt in York County
She sees a winter with no electricity or running water as a way of connecting with ancestral ways.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
A talk with Maine poet Richard Blanco
The Bethel celebrity discusses his newly published memoir and his hope that ‘Cuba remains Cuba.’
Posted inMeet, Source
Meet Andy Meyer: Efficiency Maine manager lights our way to energy-smart homes
The agency’s residential program offers lots of ways to save.
Posted inSource
Retail renaissance: Maine’s new old general stores
The rise in small markets is born out of “buy local” and the growth in farming in the state, with plenty of nostalgia thrown in.
Posted inFood, Source
Maine to gain 2 poultry processing plants
The USDA-inspected facilities may spur production and expand the market for Maine birds.
Posted inMeet, Source
Meet: Jeffrey Lipton, a potter from the farm
The Topsham potter has experimented with agriculture-themed work and local clay.
Posted inFood, Recipes
For the holidays, a bittersweet candy story
Our reporter makes her list and checks it twice – for holiday gifts, and a little sugary self-improvement.