Alex Seitz-Wald

1 month ago | midcoastvillager.com | Alex Seitz-Wald

CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl has closed for the season, with Sunday, March 16, marking its last day. The Snow Bowl was open for 64 days in the 2024-2025 season, after opening initially on December 14, according to General Manager Jeff Nathan. kAmkDA2? 52E2\>46\>2C<lQ`QmkDA2? 52E2\>46\>2C<lQ`Qm%96 E@H?\@H?65 D<: 2C62 92D DECF88=65 H:E9 D?@HA24< 2D >:=56C H:?E6CD 3C:?8 F?AC65:4E23=6 E6>A6C2EFC6D 2?5 >@C6 C2:?] %96 492?8:?8 4=:>2E6 92D AFD965 E96 D<: 2C62 E@ ECJ E@ 6IA2?5 AC@8C2>:?8 :?

1 month ago | ellsworthamerican.com | Alex Seitz-Wald

ROCKPORT — The best place to understand the lobster industry may not be at the gunnel, hauling traps before dawn, but under the fluorescents of a hotel ballroom in the dead of winter.  For one March weekend, the Samoset Resort Hotel in Rockport is where anyone who's anyone in the lobster biz comes to don lanyards, network, talk shop and keep the bar busy while the boats are still hauled out and the traps are stacked in the driveway. The $1 billion lobster industry is, after all, an industry.

1 month ago | midcoastvillager.com | Alex Seitz-Wald

The best place to understand the lobster industry may not be at the gunnel, hauling traps before dawn, but under the fluorescents of a hotel ballroom in the dead of winter.  For one March weekend, the Samoset Resort Hotel in Rockport is where anyone who's anyone in the lobster biz comes to don lanyards, network, talk shop and keep the bar busy while the boats are still hauled out and the traps are stacked in the driveway. The $1 billion lobster industry is, after all, an industry.

2 months ago | midcoastvillager.com | Alex Seitz-Wald |Carolyn Zachary

Thousands of miles from her family’s farm in Jackson, Adrienne Toumayan was on assignment for the U.S. Agency for International Development when she learned she was among those impacted by President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to U.S. foreign aid. While foreign aid can feel remote from the lives of most Americans, Toumayan is among more than a handful of Midcoast locals who are feeling the pinch, or worried they will soon, and she felt compelled to speak out about its value.

Jan 18, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Alex Seitz-Wald

Donald Trump’s first inauguration was marked by riots in the streets of Washington and spurred global counterprotests that included millions,including what was estimated to be the largest single-day of protest in U.S. history. The turnout set the stage for four years of vociferous demonstrations against a president whose victory was seen as a fluke.