There is nothing to match a hot dog smothered in burned onions served on a late March day while out ice fishing.
2021
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
On Baseball: Let’s tap the brakes on Jarren Duran at Fenway
The former Sea Dogs center fielder is making a splash in spring training, but he could use more seasoning in the minor leagues.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Grammys to partner with Berklee, ASU for study on women in music
The Grammys have been criticized over the years for awarding and nominating more men than women.
Posted inSports
Kyle Larson settles in with Hendrick Motorsports as NASCAR heads to Las Vegas
The driver missed most of last year when he was suspended, then fired for using a racial slur in an iRacing event.
Posted inNation / World
Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a ‘PR nightmare’
It’s an issue facing states nationwide: whether to prioritize a population seen by many at best as an afterthought, separate from the public, and at worst as undeserving.
Posted inNation / World, Religion & Values
Pope to visit Iraq church damaged by IS militants
In a stop rich in symbolism, Pope Francis will visit a church damaged during the Islamic State’s reign of terror in the town of Qaraqosh, a center for Christian life in Iraq
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine senators split on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
Sen. Angus King says the coronavirus has ‘devastated’ the country and inaction was too costly, while Sen. Susan Collins criticizes Democrats for not embracing her much smaller alternative plan.
Posted inNation / World
Europe staggers as infectious variants power virus surge
‘This demonstrates that the virus has a sort of intelligence,’ says the mayor of an Italian city that’s been the epicenter of three surges.
Posted inNation / World
As violence surges, some question city’s axing of police unit
Portland, Oregon, last year dissolved a special police unit designed to focus on gun violence during the national reckoning over racial injustice.
Posted inMaine
Homeless central Mainers ‘feel so stuck’ navigating pandemic winter
The struggles of homelessness have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as already tight housing stock over the last year has become even tighter while state protections against evictions limit new housing options.