Monthly Archives: March 2020
Good news from Senator Angus King
King’s Bipartisan Push to Address National Parks Backlog and Fund LWCF Gains Momentum Senator King, the Ranking Member on the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, is a lead sponsor of the Restore Our Parks Act and a steadfast supporter of the LWCF WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined a bipartisan group […]
Great column about the impact of CMP’s Corridor on our brook trout
Big Fight in the North Woods: CMP’s Proposed Powerline by Jeff Reardon If you haven’t heard about Central Maine Power’s proposed powerline, you must be living under a rock. The project is being debated with a blitz of roadside signs, TV and radio and internet ads, duelling Facebook pages, public forums, newspaper articles, letters to […]
Paul Doiron’s new novel is terrific
I’ve enjoyed all of Paul Doiron’s novels, and I found his new novel, One Last Lie, to be particularly engaging. I was especially pleased to obtain the book while we were stuck at home due to the corona virus. Paul’s novel provided great entertainment for several days. This novel has many interesting and compelling characters […]
Joseph Souza’s new novel is fantastic
Joseph Souza of Portland is an award-winning novelist and one of my favorites, but I’ve got to say I think his new novel, The Perfect Daughter, is his best yet. Souza was an intelligence analyst for the drug enforcement agency in Washington DC, which probably gave him some good ideas for his novels. His new […]
DIFW will let you fish without a license
DIFW Commissioner Judy Camuso is opening fishing in our brooks and streams early, and will allow anyone to fish without a license. This is a great idea! Judy did this to encourage people, who are stuck in their houses, to get outdoors and enjoy the Maine we all love. I’ve been encouraging people to do […]
Moosehead Memories
Legislature’s end kills important bear bill
A very important bill allowing expansion of the bear harvest died yesterday when the legislature abruptly adjourned. The bill, strongly supported by DIFW, would have been voted on today by the IFW Committee, and then gone to the House and Senate for action. DIFW says we have 45,000 bears, and thinks we need to reduce […]
This is a gripping novel set in Maine
The Vigilance Of Stars by Patricia O’Donnell is a novel full of gripping stories and very real characters. It was very hard to put it down and stop reading. The characters are connected and the series of stories are troubling, from the young lady who gets pregnant, only to have her boyfriend abandon her, to […]
CMP Owner Fined for Natural Gas Safety Violations
I had no idea that Avangrid, the owner of Central Maine Power company, also owns Maine Natural Gas company in Brunswick. But given all of the problems we’ve had with CMP, it was not surprising to learn that Maine Natural Gas was just fined $50,000 by the Public Utilities Commission for a “multi-year pattern of […]