News
Portland planning board passes Roux Institute zoning requests
The Portland Planning Board approved zoning requests for the former B&M Baked Beans site that would facilitate the creation of a graduate-level college campus,...
Arts & Living
Green Revolution: A major reggae release from…Cape Neddick
One of the interesting things to watch as cannabis has become legal and come into the mainstream is the emergence of cannabis culture into...
Art Seen: Michael Kolster’s devoted photographs of family life at UNE...
Michael Kolster’s “Home and Other Realms” at the University of New England Gallery in Portland (through Jan. 22) is a perfect exhibition for a...
Viewpoint
Politics & Other Mistakes: No others need apply
Now that the election is over, and Democrats are firmly in control of everything in Augusta, they can get back to doing what they...
The Universal Notebook: The death of social media
Elon Musk, the idiot savant of electric cars and rocketship joy rides, has been in the news lately for purchasing and then inexplicably dismantling...
Unpacking the Sausage: How the mainstream press forgets ‘gender euphoria’
Transgender Day of Remembrance was tough this year.
Coming off a week’s vacation surrounded by loving trans folks in a purposefully news-averse environment, my return...
The Universal Notebook: Getcha Deer?
My son-in-law Chris usually gets his deer on his own land. So far this hunting season he has taken just one shot resulting in...