Emily Burnham

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Emily Burnham

Hard Telling Not Knowing tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine — specifically about Maine culture and history, both long ago and recent, large and small, important and silly. Send your questions to [email protected]. This story was originally published in March 2024.

3 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Emily Burnham

Hard Telling Not Knowing tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine — specifically about Maine culture and history, both long ago and recent, large and small, important and silly. Send your questions to [email protected]. As a young man in the 1940s and ’50s, Massachusetts native Ferdinand Waldo Demara jumped from career to career and calling to calling.

1 month ago | bangordailynews.com | Emily Burnham

This story was originally published in January 2024. Everyone loves Maine’s charismatic megafauna, charming sea mammals and cute little furbearers — moose and bear, lynx and foxes, seals and dolphins, rabbits and porcupines. They’re on T-shirts and calendars, they are the subject of viral videos, and some of them bring millions of dollars into the state from hunters.

1 month ago | bangordailynews.com | Emily Burnham

This story was originally published May 15, 2024. There are plenty of half-truths and made-up stories to contend with when Mainers explain to folks from away why Route 9 between Brewer and Calais is called the Airline. Which is a bit of a shame, because the real reason the road got that nickname is a lot more interesting than any myth about planes from Dow Air Force Base in Bangor.

1 month ago | bangordailynews.com | Emily Burnham

This story was originally published in February 2024. In an age where $15 cocktails have become the norm, beer lists read like novels and words like “elevated” and “gastronomy” appear on menus, a dive bar can really hit the spot. It’s hard to define what exactly a dive bar is, but it’s probably unglamorous, lived-in and decidedly unpretentious. The decor isn’t fancy, though it can certainly be fanciful. There’s probably a pool table or a jukebox. It’s likely cash only.