While most of us were asleep, Stephen stood outside what used to be his house, watchingfirefighters battle the flames that consumed everything he had. As a Red Cross volunteer, I wasthere offering comfort and support as Stephen tried to make sense of a night that changedeverything. I’ll never forget the image of him clutching a […]

Mainers who visited the beaches this summer might have noticed a slimy, foul-smelling red algae on shore. This is Dasysiphonia japonica, an invasive algae species that first appeared here in 2007 and has rapidly spread throughout the Gulf of Maine. While native kelp has been declining in the fast-warming waters, D. japonica thrives. This shift […]

All our lives, the Republican Party has bragged about being “the pro-business party.” And while Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush were president, that was true. But is it true now? As recently reported by the Maine Sunday Telegram, small businesses in Maine are being suffocated by the surging costs of health care insurance. Mainers […]