Silver Linings: Nurse practitioners are appointed to a yearlong mentorship to learn palliative skills to better match patient care to patient desires.
Karen Kreworuka
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Just what is hygge?
COZINESS AND COMFORT At its core, hygge is about coziness and comfort in both your physical surroundings and your emotional state. It’s the feeling you get when you’re wrapped in a warm blanket on a chilly day or when you enjoy a cup of hot tea while reading a book. ATMOSPHERE Hygge emphasizes creating a […]
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Next three months got you down? Give winter a big hygge
We check in with Mainers who face winter with lots of coziness and camaraderie, just like the Danes.
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Learn more about hygge
For some very hygge (non-digital) reading on the mindset of hygge, here are some books on the subject: “The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living,” by Happiness Research Institute CEO Meik Wiking “The Year of Living Danishly,” by British journalist Helen Russell “How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life,” […]
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How to help seniors stay safe and warm this winter
Silver Linings: SeniorsPlus can do a benefit checkup to see what programs and services older people are eligible for
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Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum carves sport’s colorful history
The small museum in Carrabassett Valley takes on the big job of chronicling the state’s 100-year history of recreational skiing.
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Maine ski history by the numbers
5,000 years: Estimated number of years humans have skied. 1870: Year Swedes settled in New Sweden and introduced skiing to Mainers. 1890: Year Finns brought the sport to the Oxford Hills. 1905: Year first ski-making business opened in Maine 1907: Year it closed. $1.75: Cost of riding a snow train from Portland to western Maine […]
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About the Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum
Location: Sugarloaf Access Road, Carrabassett Valley Current hours: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday (hours change with the seasons) Admission: Free Contact: [email protected]; 207-237-0064
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Birds of Maine
BY THE NUMBERS 464: Number of documented bird species in Maine. 290: Number native to Maine or regular guests. 136: Number considered rare or accidental. 5: Number introduced and established. 4: Number of Maine bird species considered extinct. 10: Number endangered. 11: Number of owl species. 13: Number of heron species recorded. 15: Number of […]
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What’s that bird?!?
Free resources for birders: Merlin (https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org) is an app that can identify birds for you. Once you download it, it will identify a bird by its song (like Shazam for birds), its photo or if you answer a few questions about the bird. eBird.org is a database of bird sightings. Even if people don’t report […]