1 week ago

Long before selfies, Maine’s most popular photographs were of dead people

Long before “selfies” and social media became the standard ways to capture and preserve life memories, there was an equally popular — if a bit morbid — fad.

1 week ago

When it comes to healthcare, language is no barrier in French speaking St. John Valley

Walk into any store, restaurant or service facility in the St. John Valley and there’s a pretty good chance of hearing patrons conducting business or simply chatting in their native French.

3 weeks ago

Roadside ‘harvesting’ is still stealing

It was bad enough when Debi Martin Smith discovered people were randomly helping themselves to ripening ears of corn planted near the roadside at her family’s Golden Harvest Farms.

4 weeks ago

Maine’s fall foliage is online and ready for viewing

Gale Ross speaks for the leaves.

3 months ago

Yes, the Rusty Metal Farm hens are junk food junkies

To hear my friends tell it, the Rusty Metal Farm chickens are among the most spoiled and pampered on the planet.

3 months ago

Moose keeps stealing water from Madawaska couple’s pool

Like a lot of people with a pool, Kurt and Louise Wickenheiser are used to welcoming swimmers to cool off during the summer. Most are more than welcome.

4 months ago

Northern Maine beef farmers want to get their meat on local dinner plates

Northern Maine ranchers Erin Parisien and Richard Nielsen know a thing or two about raising beef cattle.

4 months ago

LePage signs food sovereignty law, the first of its kind in the nation

With a stroke of his pen, Gov. Paul LePage last week enacted landmark legislation putting Maine in the forefront of the food sovereignty movement.

4 months ago

Baby boomers taking up pot again may be surprised how much it’s changed

With both medical and recreational marijuana use now legal in Maine, today’s growers are combining green thumbs with advanced chemistry to produce varieties to treat everything from anxiety to pain.

5 months ago

Northern Maine legend celebrates first birthday party — at 80

Over the years, the forests of northern Maine have produced a fair amount of legends. Tylor Kelly certainly counts among them.