Maine is known for our sprawling forests, rugged coastline and majestic mountains. Our pristine environment and natural resources have made this state a great place to live. But there’s more we can do to ensure Maine’s future prosperity. We’re a rural state, and that presents a unique set of challenges. If we make the right […]

I am disappointed by the Brunswick School Board’s decision to throw out the results of the Coffin Elementary School mascot election. It’s not like the students picked the rainbow unicorn or Pikachu to be the mascot of the new Kate Furbish Elementary School. No. They were given three choices: the dragonfly, the bumblebee and the […]

Families with small children trickle down the gravel road lined with trees. They are traveling at the pace of preschoolers, which is to say, slowly. Little ones notice things – they still have the gift of wonder. Just about anything can be a plaything, especially in nature. Several children discover slick icy patches to wiggle […]

AMES, Iowa – In “The Music Man” which, happily, returns to Broadway this fall, there’s a tune called “Iowa Stubborn,” written in 1957 by Mason City native Meredith Willson. It muses that folks in the Hawkeye state “could stand touchin’ noses for a week at a time and never see eye to eye.” There’s a […]

Clarity is in short supply across America, but no longer at dairy farms in Maine. In 2014, you see, drivers for a dairy company in Portland, Maine sued their employer for overtime pay because a state law pertaining to overtime-pay exemptions failed to include the Oxford comma. What is the Oxford comma? It’s the final […]

Finding ways to get kids outside and study the marine environment is not simple. You need special equipment like big rubber boots, and you have to be prepared to get wet – and muddy. You also have to find a way to get to and from the water from school within the regular school-day schedule. […]