Maine News Once a Week From Here on Out

There’s a new Stump Lane category in town. ME. (No, news from Maine.)
1. More on these two items on school consolidation later: Legislators hear merger views and Critics say small schools at risk
2. Dude, this place sucks. There’s, like, no chicks in this sausage factory. Loon count finds low number of chicks — The number of chicks was the second-lowest on record since Maine Audubon began holding its annual loon counts in 1983. — The figures may be an anomaly, but anyone who’s heard a loon call will tell you these creatures would be missed. —