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For Subscribers On the Eastern Prom, a pair of rocks and their concrete copies aim to challenge perception The public art installation is the product of an Icelandic artist's residency at the University of Southern Maine. Share “Hella Rock,” a public art project by Ólöf Nordal of Iceland on the Eastern Promenade in Portland, consists of four rock boulders: one of Maine granite, one a 5,000-year-old lava rock from Iceland, and two concrete replicas created by University of Southern Maine students. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer The latest addition to Portland’s public art collection ...

Photo(s) by Unsplash With a wingspan of nearly 5 feet and piercing yellow eyes, snowy owls are magnificent. In the winter, some migrate south from their home in the Arctic, making snowy owl sightings in Michigan a wonderful possibility. When do the birds migrate? And where are they typically spotted? Local expert Elliot Nelson is the Michigan Sea Grant extension educator for the Eastern Upper Peninsula. Michigan Sea Grant funds research, education and outreach projects about our state’s coasts and the Great Lakes. One of Elliot’s focus areas is birding trails, and he kindly agreed to ans...