Powerful northwest winds had been blowing us downriver since we began the trip. Five of us were on the second day of a Grand Cascapédia River expedition. Located on the Gaspe Peninsula in eastern Quebec, the mountain river flows east through the spectacular Chic Choc Mountains to Chaleur Bay in New Richmond. Some of us […]
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Pet Prattle: The hopefulness of pet surrender
One of the earliest owner surrenders of a pet to an animal shelter that I can recall handling was in 2007. A woman had become homeless, and despite loving her young Great Dane deeply, she didn’t think that living in a car was fair to him, so she made the difficult decision to bring him […]
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Students share Youth Council civic achievements
Maine student panelists and peers from Alaska and Oregon presented the “Supporting Youth Leaders” workshop at the 2024 League of Women Voters (LWV) National Convention, June 27-30 in Washington, D.C. Lianna Holden, 18, Lewiston, Alex Wu, 17, Scarborough, and Maya Eichorn, 19, Kennebunk, helped answer recruitment and retention questions, shared what LWVME’s Youth Council members […]
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Stories from Maine: Maine at Gettysburg — a currency of blood
Many credit President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation as ending slavery in the United States of America. Yet, the truth is somewhat colder to understand, as the demise of slavery in America was actually purchased with a currency of blood. On July 4, 1863 a deadly and bloody battle was being cleaned up all along a […]
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Midcoast organizations awarded $90,000 to help feed, house, educate locals
Four Midcoast organizations have been awarded a total of $90,000 in grants to pursue missions in their communities. The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 79 grants totaling $1.5 million statewide to provide food, shelter, and other essential services to Mainers in need through its 2024 Direct Services Grant Program. Among those recipients are: • […]
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Intertidal: The journey of the homely alewife
A few weeks ago, I wrote about sturgeon — those strange, prehistoric giant fish that leap out of the Androscoggin River in late spring. They are bigger than many people and weigh an impressive amount due to their heavily-scaled bodies. But, there’s a smaller, more numerous fish that makes a similar journey from fresh to […]
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From the Chamber: Five huge chamber events
There are literally hundreds of events that happen in our region over the next two months, and it will be hard, even for the most community-minded people, to hit all of them. The best we can do is plan for the ones we can’t miss and take the rest as they come. Here are five […]
