Just who are our five sister cities? For some, they’ve been lost to time and trending news cycles, but to us they’re forever family. Shinagawa, Japan, became our sister in 1984. “While you were watching Ghostbusters, we sent you two beautiful cherry trees to plant in...

By Diane Hudson A lad o’ pairts discovers himself in Maine. When asked to write a piece about my friend William Irvine by the editor who was smitten on seeing Bill’s painting Lovers by the Sea featured in a solo exhibit at the Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth, I...