Archive for ‘Opinion’

  • Earth Notes — A photo a day project

    By Mary Jewett Guest Columnist Eight years and one week ago, I made a New Year’s resolution to take a photo every day and share it with friends online. At that point, I was a casual photo taker and would rarely share what I was seeing with the world. I determined that some of my […]

  • Earth Notes — Finding wholeness in the forest

    By Megan-Mack DeRaspe Guest Columnist I have been thinking a lot about the concept of “separation” these past few years. Recently moving back to my home state and settling into this new, yet stunningly familiar life, I can’t help but feel the pull of those who used to surround me. Being in nature has given […]

  • Earth Notes: There must be a better way

    By Joyce White Guest Columnist After this obscenely expensive and way too long campaign season, I want to be reminded that at least once in human history, a peaceful, egalitarian, Nature-oriented culture existed. We know about it only through archaeological evidence because it began around 9,000 years ago when there were no written records. So, […]

  • Earth Notes: The joy of fall migration

    By Mary Jewett Guest Columnist I have always said that spring is my favorite season. Not just for the warming temperatures and increased daylight, but mostly for the birds. Hummingbirds, hawks, sparrows, herons, shorebirds, sparrows and so many others travel thousands of miles from their winter homes north to their breeding grounds. Many stop right […]

  • Earth Notes: Cooling the Earth’s fever

    By Sally Chappell Guest Columnist Are you skeptical that a solution to climate change can ever be achieved? Banish your skepticism! There are many solutions to climate change, the climate crisis, global warming, whatever your preferred manner of referral. The unfortunate aspect is that all the solutions will have to be mobilized. That is why […]

  • Earth Notes: Cranberry, the Native Fall berry

    By Joyce White Guest Columnist I’ve found cranberries growing naturally every place I’ve lived in Maine except for Aroostook County. There was a small cranberry bog on the farm where I grew up in Central Maine and another on the blueberry ground where I lived for a time in Eastern Maine. In this area of […]

  • Earth Notes: The Blue Battalion

    By Sally Chappell Guest Columnist What about this situation: millions of people without employment and lots of work to be done? We can all think of needs right now in this pandemic crisis. People are in need of food, healthcare and shelter, as well as nonphysical needs such as purpose and meaning in their lives […]

  • Riseman: Support funding for Broadband upgrades

    By Walter Riseman State Representative District 19 Despite our best efforts, the devastating effect of COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. Are we prepared to deal with this on-going crisis? We need to do something now to be ready for an uncertain future. Can Broadband (high-speed Internet access) be part of a solution? What […]

  • Column: In Ye Olden Times — A taste of local flavor

    By Mike Davis Assistant Executive Director Bridgton Historical Society Hello neighbors! This week, we wanted to offer a taste of what everyday life was like in Bridgton at the dawn of summer over one hundred years ago. So instead of any one big article on breaking news, we have instead taken selections from the shorts […]

  • Column: Earth Notes — Are we faltering?

    By Sally Chappell Guest Columnist While speculation swirls surrounding the origin of COVID-19, there is no doubt about the origin of our present climate crisis: it’s us.   There is no one of us better able to describe how the crisis happened and the responsible parties than Bill McKibben in his latest book, Falter: Has […]