Letter from Aroostook: South meets North in rocket launch
At 9:30 last Sunday morning, with the temperature around 6 degrees, I inched my way down a snow- and ice-covered main runway of the...
‘Lost’ and found: Love by Numb3rs brings Anna Lombard, Dan Connor together again
With their albums no longer on streaming services, Gypsy Tailwind is now something of a Portland myth, a band that shone brightly, if not...
Take a hike to a frozen waterfall
Every waterfall is a looker.
It doesn’t matter if it's a shallow creek spilling over a series of pint-sized rock steps or a tall drink...
Leftovers: Springsteen showed us a little faith
"Leave behind your sorrows/ Let this day be the last/ Tomorrow there'll be sunshine/ And all this darkness past."
— Bruce Springsteen, "Land of Hope...
Into the Wild: Could a changing climate bring these species to Maine?
In the past few decades, warming temperatures have helped many species expand northward into Maine.
Bird species that used to be rare visitors are now...
Naming names, playing games
Album art? Liner notes? Musician biography? Those staples of music appreciation have largely fallen by the wayside, replaced by lyric videos and a social...
On Screen: Film helps ‘change the conversation around autism’
'The Reason I Jump" opens with a small boy wandering wordlessly through a vast seaside of overpowering sensory input: huge beams of circling light,...
Letter from Aroostook: Ice shacks and bragging rights
Aroostook is the county furthest north in Maine, and the first question people ask about it is what is there to do in the...
Take the high road
Snowshoeing up a mountain is decidedly harder than snowshoeing down. But if you wish to be rewarded with sublime high-elevation views and an it’s-all-downhill-from-here...
Art Seen: The consolations of browsing
The cultural quotient of our community has diminished markedly since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic as museums have closed, performing arts venues have...