Mary Phillips-Sandy
Most Recently: Now's Your Chance To Own A Paper Mill!
Mary Phillips-Sandy lives in Portland (not Oregon).
Now's Your Chance To Own A Paper Mill!
Maine's governor, Paul LePage, has spent his first months in office insulting the NAACP and redecorating state offices, but he and members of his administration have also made time to participate in a proud, sad local tradition: hunting for a buyer to take over a near-abandoned manufacturing facility, any reasonable offer considered. READ MORE
Lentil Loaf
When I say that I used to celebrate Thanksgiving by eating lentil loaf, most people need a moment to process the phrase. Thanksgiving lentil loaf? Should those words be next to each other? (I blame this reaction on the icky sound of the word "loaf," not anti-vegetarian bias, but who knows.) READ MORE
The Pavlovsk Experimental Station
Earlier today, to absolutely no one's surprise, a Russian court decided to let a state-backed residential development fund proceed with its plan to build houses on a field in Pavlovsk, outside St. Petersburg. The reason this mundane matter even reached a court is that the field is presently inhabited by thousands of rare fruits and berries, better known as the historic gene bank of the Pavlovsk Experimental Station. READ MORE
So Shellfish! The Great Moon Snail Attack
Here is everything you need to know about the moon snail epidemic presently raging in eastern Maine. READ MORE
