Mary Pols writes primarily about sustainability for Source. She came to the Press Herald in late 2013 to work on Source after a long career writing about movies. She has almost, but not quite, broken the habit of waking pre-dawn on Oscar nomination day. Mary was born in Portland and raised in Brunswick, but was away for 25 years so it’s been a thrill for her to learn about her state in the 21st century. She studied art history at Duke and her masters in journalism is from UC Berkeley. She’s happiest reporting a story in Maine’s great outdoors, whether she’s watching seaweed farmers plant a crop or eating fresh caught perch with an ice fisherman while a hungry eagle hovers nearby. History really floats her boat as well (once she wrote an entire story about the life of a very old and rare apple tree in Freeport). She lives in Brunswick with her hockey-obsessed son and their dog, a foster-fail kitten and an elderly Maine Coon.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2015
Solidarity Harvest corrals massive food drive to feed 8,000
Volunteers with a Brewer nonprofit, Food AND Medicine, know what it means to be without a job and help out with Thanksgiving baskets filled with Maine produce.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2015
Meet: Kelsey Sullivan, state biologist, talks wild turkey
After studying the bird, he admires its ability to survive and says its meat is ‘awesome.’
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PublishedNovember 22, 2015
Mainers can eat wild fish at restaurants, so why can’t we eat wild game?
A welter of old laws governs the distribution of hunted meat and bans its commercial sales. Some chefs say it’s time for those laws to change.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2015
Meet Jenn Legnini, a farmer-chef who opened a cafe at the Midcoast Winter Farmers’ Market in Topsham
She grows, she pickles, she makes sauces, and her ideas for local food products keep blossoming.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2015
At Maine’s Cooperative Extension, stars are made
Extension YouTube videos on ‘How to Prevent Sheep Foot Rot’ and the like prove surprisingly popular.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2015
Meet: Anne Ball, helping nonprofits in historic buildings be tighter, heat-wise
The Grants to Green Maine program lets the groups spend less on energy and more on their missions.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2015
Thomas Lie-Nielsen’s on a different plane in crafting tools woodworkers crave
His Warren business has built a reputation for making high-quality implements, using Maine wood, that had become hard to get.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2015
Conservation lawyer Ivy Frignoca named new Casco Baykeeper
She replaces Joe Payne, who retired in January after nearly 24 years on the job.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2015
Jeremy Bloom is a web-savvy problem solver in Maine’s food system
The Internet Farmer uses his expertise for farmers, co-ops and restaurants.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2015
Maine’s Florence Reed saves tropical forests
The Surry woman, founder of the nonprofit Sustainable Harvest International, fights deforestation in Central America.
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