Carol Semple

Online producer for Portland @pressherald, reader, writer, journalist, mom. Can't swim. Or float.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

@JoyceWhiteVance Female. You can tell by the lipstick. 👄

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

@robglover2009 I heard that your teaching assistant caused quite a flap.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

@projomike John Howell hired me as a summer intern reporter when I was in college. I will be grateful to him forever. The Warwick Beacon is a special community newspaper and I hope the new owner prospers. Long live local journalism!

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

@JoeNBC Proposal to join national popular vote movement heads for passage in Maine Legislature

(Via Press Herald) https://t.co/vbPZhXExs6

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

Oh look! A bookstore! I’ll just stop in and see what kind of books are selling in Bermuda …

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

I wrote a column inspired by a victim of the Lewiston mass shooting. If rules aren't followed and are unfair to begin with, where does that leave us? https://t.co/RhepUsccic

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

@revjaydub I’m so sorry, Jeff.

[Maine State Police @MEStatePolice]

If you have any information about Robert Card or the shootings in Lewiston please call 207.213.9526 or 207.509.9002. Thank you.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

Helllooo, is anybody home?

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

I wonder if this research involving Neanderthal DNA will burn down many a family tree.

https://t.co/nzjdNgmP47

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

Fireball! Not the kind in a bottle.

[Mount Washington Observatory (MWOBS) @MWObs]

This morning at approximately 3:02 EDT, this video footage was captured by the observatory's tower camera. What appears to be a fireball, or an especially bright meteor, streaked across the night sky as it moved from south to north.
#fireball #meteor #nightsky #shootingstar

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

@projomike If he were still alive, I bet he would have done the audio recording for you - for a price, of course. Great book. I have the hardcover.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

A fascinating, Catch Me If You Can type of story by @PPHEricRussell

https://t.co/obARMrNTCg

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

Can a duck survive with only one foot? This one came ashore to sit next to me while I was reading today.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

Maine State Music Theatre broke even this year after 3 years of canceled shows, budget cuts, virus surges and financial losses. (Applause) ⁦@MidcoastNews⁩ reports

(Via Press Herald) https://t.co/YWVp3tkyk1

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

I will never ever ever again complain about the number of old family photos I’ve been left to sort through. Boom.

(Via Press Herald) https://t.co/rw3YrpKikN

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

I wish I could remember what my Irish grandmother called potatoes, but I don’t. Still sandy from the garden, these.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

⁦@Dahlialithwick⁩ Fan mail, 2023

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

The gladioluses got pummeled by the rain so we brought them in and now I can’ t stop staring at them.

[Carol Semple @CarolMSemple]

Journalists must resist a special kind of chill this August, with the wind coming from Kansas.

https://t.co/VdOaGoJSRP