One of the most unique bike trails in Maine is the historic Narrow Gauge Pathway in Carrabassett Valley. The trail follows the former Kingfield and Dead River Railroad bed used to convey logs to a sawmill situated in Bigelow at the northern terminus of the railway in the early 20th century. Two-foot narrow gauge tracks […]

I strongly support LD 1646, “An Act To Restore Local Ownership and Control of Maine’s Power Delivery Systems”, also known as The Consumer Owned Utility Bill. It is high time for Mainers to have access to locally-generated, locally-controlled electricity supply, because it makes sense. Last summer, while on vacation in Glasgow, Scotland, I passed a […]

BIW gave union a fair shake In a recent podcast interview, Local S6 union President Chris Wiers was asked what it was like to work at Maine’s Bath Iron Works. He replied: “It sucks. It’s a sh—- job.” That may explain why he has steered the union membership into a misguided strike that will harm both […]

I’m much more knowledgeable writing about the living components of the ocean ecosystem than the non-living parts, but when my cousin came up for a visit last summer and showed me garnets in the rocks along the shore, my interest was sparked. He’s a retired geologist with a great depth of knowledge about rocks and […]

Many public health professionals and politicians are urging or requiring citizens to wear face masks to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Some Americans have refused, wrongly claiming mask decrees violate the Constitution. An internet search turns up dozens of examples. “Costco Karen,” for instance, staged a sit-in in a Costco entrance in […]

I missed it again. So did the rest of America. July 1’s unofficial International Joke Day came and went without fanfare. That’s regrettable because we could all use a good belly laugh right now — which gave me an idea. The other day, after hearing more doom-and-gloom news while driving, I said to the Apple […]

By the time the novel coronavirus reached Maine earlier this year, it was clear that this was not just another flu, as many of us had presumed or hoped. To help prevent its spread, Legislative leaders came to a smart, bipartisan agreement to adjourn early. The State House is a place where people from every […]

In our lawsuit against Central Maine Power Co., Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (FOMB) presents a sufficiency of evidence demonstrating that in this situation, where tower lights are not required or needed given the absence of air traffic and distance from closest qualifying airport (Wiscasset), that lighting, and especially radar, pose unnecessary risks to wildlife and […]

Here’s the 2020 presidential race in a nutshell: On Tuesday, Joe Biden unveiled the “third pillar” of his substantive plan to defeat our health and economic crises. A few hours later, Donald Trump droned on at length about the pandemic that he has cataclysmically botched – he conceded it would no longer “magically” disappear – […]

The Americans with Disabilities Act is 30 years old. For young people who have grown up with the ADA, the results of this landmark legislation are part of everyday life – sometimes in ways they may not even realize. I was there at the beginning. As a young deaf man in 1990, I attended the […]