Miracle of light
“It’s like making a puzzle,” said Duff as she ground down the edges of the lupine petal using a Glastar All Star Grinder.
“It’s like making a puzzle,” said Duff as she ground down the edges of the lupine petal using a Glastar All Star Grinder.
ELLSWORTH — The reason David Shepard’s paintings often have a solid background? “I’m lousy at background. This solves the problem,” he said with a laugh. “Lately I’ve been doing just black.” Whatever the reason, the result is striking: a dramatic, chiaroscuro effect that sets off a poppy’s deep red petals or the white bark of …
AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives voted 86-57 late Wednesday evening to advance LD 1541, a bill sponsored by Rep. Nicole Grohoski (D-Ellsworth) that is intended to stabilize recycling programs, collect better data and force large companies to pay for the recycling of their packaging, a program known as extended producer responsibility for packaging, …
ELLSWORTH — It may now be a federal crime to open mail not addressed to you, but that wasn’t always the case, said Maine author Bill Kenny last week. “People would drop their mail off at the tavern and it would pile up on the table until they had enough mail to deliver.” It was …
“EPR at its core is about two things,” Prindiville said. “It’s really about, ‘How do we design more sustainable, more circular systems’… and it’s about fairness. Who pays for those systems?”
DEER ISLE — Come spring, Mariners Memorial Park is prime butterfly-watching territory: you might catch the pale blue wings of the spring azure, which is partial to the dogwoods that dot the preserve, or the tiger swallowtail, which prefers the nectar from pink and red flowers. You might also, if you’re lucky, catch a glimpse …
Staff from Delta Thermo Energy have started interviewing former employees of the plant, which is projected to employ 42 full-time workers once it is fully operational, said Van Naarden. “We think we know what we need to do on day one to get in there and make this thing work.”
“We’re going after the people that are really the problem and we’re not interested in nitpicking about people that are not part of the problem.”
Repairs that are turning out to be “a lot more extensive” than anticipated mean the plant will be combusting trash but won’t be generating electricity for more than a month.
BAR HARBOR — In one form or another, since nearly the beginning of our history, humans have been weaving. From sedges and nettles for basketry and fishing nets to exquisite tapestries of silk and gold, weaving, beyond warming our floors and walls, has helped us build shelters, catch food and clothe ourselves. “I’m in a …
Since 1989, Maine has had a goal of recycling 50 percent of its municipal solid waste, a goal that it has never come close to reaching (the rate was roughly 38 percent in 2019). Part of the reason Maine has struggled? A lack of reliable data, say officials at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM).
“We were out in the fog sometimes for long periods,” said Michael, sometimes offshore for hours without a GPS. “We were dead reckoning judging from the current and what that’s doing from the lobster buoys.”