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Birding: Far-flung visitor has been putting on a show The rock wren first sighted in Ogunquit in late November is commonly found in the Western half of North America. By HERB WILSON Share The rock wren that arrived in Ogunquit on Nov. 27 marked only the second time the species had been seen and identified in Maine. The first was in 2013. Doug Hitchcox photo It was just two years ago that Maine’s first great black hawk was making itself at home in Deering Oak Parks in Portland. This rarity...

As for binoculars they are helpful but not mandatory, Reimer noted, though Aversa pointed out binoculars can be handy since you never know what bird you could see when least expecting.  “It is difficult to appreciate the subtle beauty of birds without being able to see them up close,” said Aversa.  There are numerous options for less than $100, Doiron noted. Reimer said many lean towards the 7x power binoculars, while Lindquist recommends 8x30 or 8x40 power binoculars.  More important th...

Maine restaurants plan to celebrate New Years Eve before midnight Per Governor Mills order, Maine will continue to close businesses at 9 p.m. until January 3, as COVID-19 cases in the state keep climbing. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:01 PM EST December 17, 2020 Updated: 7:00 AM EST December 18, 2020 MAINE, USA — Two weeks from now, in a non-pandemic year, many people would be at parties and celebrations ready to welcom...

Every time a book as popular as The Stand is adapted for screen, two questions emerge: Will it satisfy the built-in fanbase? And will it also work for viewers who are new to the story? In its very first installment, the CBS All Access iteration of one of King’s most popular books isn’t really succeeding in either endeavor. It’s, of course, far too early to condemn its efforts entirely. And The Stand’s pilot does check a lot of important boxes of the genre while also putting forth at l...

The Stand: How "The End" Differs from Stephen Kings Book ✖ The Stand debuted on CBS All Access Thursday with the premiere episode of the nine-part limited series, "The End", introducing viewers to a handful of the main characters for this dystopian story while also revealing how the world as those characters know it ends. However, while the series is a largely faithful adaptation of Stephen Kings epic novel of the same name, there are some key differences from the page to the screen -- and we...

CinemaBlend The Stand has arrived, with its first episode landing on CBS All Access this week. It’s an exciting time for fans who have been watching the project move ever so slowly through development – but it’s also a key time to provide a reminder that the show isn’t going to be a carbon copy of its source material. Factors including the book being multiple decades old and having been previously adapted are going to influence certain new choices made by the filmmakers. And...

Jeff and Allison Wells Wed, 12/16/2020 - 8:00am Although the authors had seen western tanagers in other unlikely places (this one in Northwest Territories, Canada), they had not seen one in Maine until this past Sunday. Courtesy of Jeff Wells The authors, COVID birding. The appropriately named rock wren is somewhere in the background. Courtesy of Allison Wells Faithful readers will remember our trip to Ogunquit to look for Maine’s second-ever-documented rock wren we wrote about a f...

Director Mick Garris adapted Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic tome The Stand into a TV mini-series back in 1994, but now  The New Mutants director (and noted King fanatic) Josh Boone has taken a crack at it for CBS All Access. The nine-episode limited series premieres on that platform this week, and we’ve rounded up some early reactions from critics who have seen the first several episodes. Read the highlights below to get a sense of whether this is a show you want to check out during thi...

Starring Premieres Format Hour-long post-apocalyptic drama; six episodes watched for review It’s a bold move, but an inspired one. Harold wasn’t written to be one of the story’s main drivers, but his character serves as perhaps the purest vessel for King’s themes of free will and new beginnings, both of which form the spine of The Stand’s strong pilot episode. In flashbacks, we see a bullied Harold watch in wonder as his Maine hometown is decimated by a mysterious super-flu from whic...

The Stand is an admirably bold, often messy adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic Randall Colburn © Photo: Robert Falconer/CBS All Access Owen Teague as Harold Lauder in The Stand The Stand, CBS All Access’ new adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic, begins not with the escape of the plague that serves as the novel’s inciting incident, but its aftermath. Maggot-strewn bodies, necks bloated like bullfrogs, slumped in church pews, will be jarrin...