THE CONVERSATION — The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere — a latticework of dry, lichen-crusted stone ridges separating a patchwork of otherwise moist soils. Stone walls can be found here and there […]

THE CONVERSATION — U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, was expelled on Dec. 1, 2023 from Congress for doing what most people think all politicians do all the time: lying. Santos lied about his religion, marital status, business background, grandparents, college, high school, sports-playing, income and campaign donation expenditures. Santos’ fellow members of Congress — a professional class stereotypically considered by the public to […]

Throughout the holiday season, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program sees the generosity of our friends and community members more clearly than any other time of the year. Take a scroll through our Instagram page and you’ll see photo after photo documenting food drives, farm hauls, and pallets of groceries from our retail partners, replete with […]

Stung by a succession of high-profile polls showing President Joe Biden trailing former president Donald Trump among crucial swing state voters, the White House and its allies in Congress have scrambled to calm jittery nerves and reassure donors and establishment leaders all is well and under control. Many aren’t buying it. There have been demands […]