Letter from Aroostook: Come play in the snow
We are emerging from four days of punishing cold, when temperatures reached as low as minus-22, according to our home weather station.
Local weather...
Game On: Coach’s career path starts, ends at home
Andrew Novick says the 100-mile drive from Falmouth to Plymouth, New Hampshire, isn't as far as it sounds.
Novick, the head men's basketball coach at...
Now that’s alt-country: The legend of Buck T. Edwards grows with ‘Temporary’
Last year, in the heart of the pandemic, Buck T. Edwards got a phone call from the guy managing Hank Williams IV: How would...
On Stage: Your preview of what’s coming in 2022
One of the first shows of the new year is a kids’ show, but one that anyone with Zoom fatigue might identify with at...
Leftovers: Yoda, Arya, Amy, and other heroes
A Yoda-like mentor once told me lists are the lazy way out for a columnist. That they take up space without saying much and...
Riverside trails and warming huts: Cross-country ski at Penobscot River Trails in Grindstone
I drove three hours one way last February to go cross-country skiing. After I had happily skied the day away, I drove three hours...
Art Seen: Lesley Dill’s visions in text and textile
As a teenager, artist Lesley Dill had a vision that influenced the rest of her life and art. It was an experience of the...
Music: New year, new Spouse
Songwriters tend to mellow as they age. They get better at their instruments, replacing energy with artistry. They have families and kids, finding new...
Into the Wild: Maine’s Top 10 rare birds of the past year
Birders tell themselves that it’s fun to bird in December, but c’mon.
Wiping ice out of your binocular eyecups while you try to identify gulls...
Leftovers: Out at the plate
Most people have a self-imposed statute of limitations when enough time has passed and it becomes bearable to share moments of life-changing embarrassment.
Some...