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Criminal justice reform was a hot topic at last week’s district attorney debate at Rockland City Hall sponsored by the ACLU of Maine, the League of Women Voters and The Free Press. In a spirited debate, Republican District Attorney . . .
This year one of the closest watched local elections will be between Republican Jayne Crosby Giles and Democrat Erin Herbig, both of Belfast, who are vying to succeed Republican Mike Thibodeau in Senate District 11. With Republicans controlling . . .
If there was ever a living embodiment of the term “failing upward” it would be Maine’s former Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew. During her stormy seven-year tenure at Maine DHHS, the former hospital . . .
While bait shortfalls and regulation changes are among the most frequently debated topics within Maine’s fishing community, aquaculture continues to draw serious discussion as the threat of climate change looms over the seafood . . .
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Candidates hoping to join the Rockland City Council laid out their ideas on issues ranging from cruise ships and short-term rentals to budget cutting and tax revenue during an October 15 forum in the city hall chambers. Benjamin Dorr . . .
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In 1782, Deborah Samson disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental Army, fighting for America’s independence — and her own. On Sunday, October 21, at 2 p.m. Alex Myers (pictured) will be at Camden Public Library to talk . . .
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We have two major electric companies in Maine, and they control 95 percent of the market for the entire state. Originally Maine companies, the former Bangor Hydro (now Emera) is a Nova Scotian company, and Central Maine Power (CMP) . . .
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With the approach of the winter season, birders are quick to pose the perennial question: Will flocks of northern finches visit Maine this winter? Finch movements are linked to cyclic abundances of cone and seed crops across immense . . .
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Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 67 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2019, the Social Security Administration announced on October 11. The 2.8-percent cost-of-living adjustment . . .
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Marsh River Theater, 24 Monroe Highway in Brooks, is closing its 21st season with the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays, October 19 and 20, 26 and 27, at 7:30 p.m. . . .
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On Saturday, October 20, from 2 to 4 p.m., Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street in Belfast, invites the community to drop by its second annual Open House and experience all that the community art center has to offer.
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Metropolitan Opera’s Live-in-HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre in Rockland and Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta continues on Saturday, October 27, at 1 p.m. with a simulcast of Puccini’s La Fanciulla . . .
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Stephen Harder (pictured) will present “China’s View of the World — and of America,” a Camden Conference community talk, on Tuesday, October 23, at 7 p.m. at Camden Public Library. Harder, an international lawyer and global adjunct . . .
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Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport will present its fall musical, Anything Goes, on Thursdays and Fridays, November 2, 3, 9 and 10, at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, November 4, at 2 p.m. Tickets for the classic 1934 musical . . .
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Every year Maine’s farmers come together at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)’s Farmer to Farmer Conference. All are welcome to join farmers, gardeners and homesteaders at this year’s conference . . .
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The Rockland Domino’s team declared Tuesday, October 9, “Women’s Empowerment Day.” The store in Rockland featured an all-female staff that day and raised “dough” for New Hope for Women. The location donated 50 . . .
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) acquired Monroe Island, opening one of the largest undeveloped islands in Penobscot Bay to the public as a preserve. Monroe Island, a half mile from the Owls Head shore, offers an extraordinary experience for day visitors and overnight campers
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Non-dairy plant-based milks seem to be taking up more and more space on store shelves these days. Indeed, sales of plant milks more than doubled between 2009 and 2015 worldwide as they became increasingly popular. . . .
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