Friends of Sears Island wants the state to consider Mack Point, which is already industrialized, for a wind energy assembly and fabrication facility.
Conservation group stunned by proposal for wind facility on Sears Island
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Human Interest
Adam Lee: Electric vehicles are on the way, with plenty of advantages
Maine auto dealer, and Tesla driver, offers detailed, though ‘unscientific,’ insight into the market.
Join WRFR community radio in Rockland
At WRFR we are all volunteers - now more than 60 strong. We play the music and host the talk shows - and we play what we like and say what we think, subject only to the FCC rules against profanity and our own principle that we must treat all members of our community...
China’s herd of wandering elephants takes a rest after 500km trek
China’s famous herd of wandering elephants has stopped for a rest after a 15-month journey far out of their natural habitat, an odyssey that has captivated the country. Authorities have marshalled extraordinary resources to monitor the herd and keep it away from...
WEEK 90 COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE
It is hard to believe I’ve been writing these Random Notes now for 90 weeks. The prolonged virus, its power and variants, homegrown conspiracies, fake news about vaccines, transmissions, masks, social distancing, political divides about all of these topics and Americans’ inabilities to come together as families, political bodies and as a nation to protect one another and find the stamina to sustain the courage to outlast Covid and its variants makes me very anxious.
Tiny Coopers Mills reeling in the aftermath of nursing home closure
Frank Slason’s wife, Diane, lived at Country Manor for two years until this fall. Now Diane is 30 miles away in Winthrop. He visits her three times a week, but the drive costs $20 in gas each time and is nerve wracking. Photo by Garrick Hoffman.
Our Own Famous Poet
Many people don’t realize that Midcoast Maine was home to world-famous poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She lived in Union, Camden and Rockland, Maine and her house in Rockland is being restored.
POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN
His real name was Frank “Rocky” Fiegel.
There are more devices in Mainers’ lives than ever. No one knows where they end up.
Fifteen years into what has been hailed as one of the nation’s best e-waste recycling programs, many questions remain.
My only regret is EVs weren’t available in Maine years earlier
Better torque, smoother ride, less maintenance and, of course, low emissions put a history of gas-powered vehicles in the rear-view mirror.