During one of his first few sessions of counseling, Jim LaPierre’s therapist asked him to describe his son, who was 9 at the time. “I listed out a million things about my son, how wonderful and perfect he is, and she let… Read More
If you need a good excuse to stay up late this week, stargazing could be at the top of your list, as a meteor shower promises to light up the sky with as many as 120 meteors per hour the night of Wednesday,… Read More
According to the 2015 Locavore Index — produced by Strolling of the Heifers, a Vermont-based local food advocacy group — Maine is the second best at consuming locally-produced food. This is good news for Mainers and New Englanders. As Chuck Ross, agriculture secretary in Vermont… Read More
Contemporary American popular culture — from movies to television shows to colloquialisms — is inundated with sexual references and imagery, leading parents, scholars and ultimately millennials to believe that there’s a massive generational disparity in our collective attitudes towards sex. Coined as the pervasive “… Read More
Cat lovers of Maine, rejoice. Come this weekend, you won’t have to limit yourself to YouTube. Read More
In honor of the National Park Service’s 99th anniversary, entrance fees for all parks under the National Park Service’s protection will be waived on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Acadia National Park is among 130 national parks — out of 400 — that require an entrance fee. Even though… Read More
A new analysis released today ranks Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island as one of the national parks most harmed by carbon emissions and other sources of pollution in the country. The National Parks Conservation Association, an organization that is lobbying Congress to limit… Read More
In a 2013 study, Maine ranked near last of all coastal states for ocean beach water quality. Look up your local beach to see if it's safe. Read More
Do you have too many summer projects to count? Are you planning to paint your front porch steps that are peeling worse than the sunburn you got while mowing the lawn, perhaps? Maybe you’re building that wrap-around porch, which is still just a whole lot of… Read More
Maine native Christopher Cassidy, a Navy captain and former SEAL, was recently promoted to the most senior leadership position for active astronauts at NASA. As chief of the Astronaut Office, he’ll oversee the operations and crew assignments for future missions in space. BDN reporter Seth Koenig… Read More
More than 8,000 people — many more than originally anticipated — flooded Portland’s rally-style event with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Monday night. They carried “Bernie” signs and cheered when he talked about the need for a higher minimum wage, free public college education, universal health care and an… Read More
For the most part — unexpected hail storms aside — summer time in Maine is best experienced outside. Whether that means sipping a cold beverage on Old Orchard Beach, having a barbeque in your backyard or going for a hike in Acadia, chances are your clothes… Read More
Viewers got to see a rare, and brutal, view of nature when a camera feed last week caught an eagle swooping in and snatching two baby osprey chicks from their Hog Island nest. The live video feed has been running on Explore.com, where nature lovers… Read More
Summer time is a time of travel, and for Mainers, that means filling up gas tanks. Gas prices have been low in recent months, falling below $2.19 during late January and early February, according to GasBuddy.com. But with the roads clear and the sun shining,… Read More
In order to take advantage of zero-sort recycling and save money on trash bags, you should know how to recycle. Read More
Camps have been and continue to be a formative aspect of the adolescent experience. In Maine alone, there are more than 100 summer camps, according to mainecamps.org. Due to it’s 3,000 lakes, 3,500 miles of coastline, 32,000 rivers and streams, and 17 million acres of… Read More
Impress your friends with the math behind the method while you build them the perfect campfire. Read More
In a recent Gallup poll, Mainers appear to have fairly positive attitudes about their circumstances, but they aren’t as optimistic and healthy as people from Vermont. Read More
An amended bill to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit is currently awaiting a signature from Gov. Paul LePage. In addition to doing away with the permit requirement, it would also do away with the requirement that people show they understand the basics of… Read More
Barbara Bush — who on Monday turned 90 years old— has advocated for literacy since her tenure as the First Lady when she created the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Adult literacy is the most recent initiative taken up by her foundation. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
