October’s beauty is truly unsurpassed by any other month in Maine. Students have settled into school routines and it is a rich and opportune time for learning. One goal of our recently adopted strategic plan is for all RSU5 students to regularly engage in meaningful student-centered learning. This fall our students experienced many and varied […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Invisible woman
The Democrats’ handpicked candidate to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2020 is … uh … wait, it’ll come to me. Sandra something? Samantha? No, Sara! That’s it. Sara Giddyup? Sara Gridiron? Lemme do a Google search. Here it is: Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. I could be excused […]
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Here’s Something: Climate-strikers fail to appreciate gains, elders
Watching news coverage of the recent Climate Strike, held Sept. 20 in various locations around the world and the United States, including here in Maine, made me wish kids knew their history. Here were millions of youth taking to the streets to protest what they perceive as the injustices foisted upon the planet by their […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Invisible woman
The Democrats’ handpicked candidate to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2020 is … uh … wait, it’ll come to me. Sandra something? Samantha? No, Sara! That’s it. Sara Giddyup? Sara Gridiron? Lemme do a Google search. Here it is: Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. I could be excused […]
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Mainewhile: Insignificance can bring comfort
Did you see the news out of NASA and Ohio State? You can be forgiven for having missed the headline, it was a hectic news week. But get this: a NASA satellite and telescopes at Ohio State worked together to capture footage of a black hole ripping a star apart. Yeah. The star in question […]
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Coastal History: The Farm
Georgetown, Maine, 1870. A farmer stands in the middle of a field, taking one last look at the family farm. This land was cleared by his ancestors, tree by tree, using oxen and backbreaking labor. Those ancestors are still here, of course, up on the rise. He can see the white stones where his mother […]
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Life Unwound: The bravery of firsts
First day of first grade, first time at Nathan Clifford School. In 1955, 6-year-old girls wore dresses. I chose my pale pastel striped puffy-sleeved rainbow one, my favorite, if I had to wear a dress at all. My feet sported black Mary Janes and white lacy ankle socks. Not my pick. I fancied myself as […]
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Here’s Something: Don’t forget Cpl. Cole, or his murderer
Among the most heinous crimes in recent Maine history was the April 2018 murder of Cpl. Eugene Cole, the Somerset County sheriff’s deputy who was shot by a drug addict attempting to elude capture. Though the murderer, John Williams of Madison, was recently given a life sentence for the crime, we’ve heard relatively little about […]
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Susan’s gunner
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is not going to vote for any sort of meaningful gun-control legislation. Not now. Not ever. The reason is simple: Collins is totally owned by a rich guy who makes guns for a living. His name is Richard Dyke, and he’s spent a lot of money over the decades supporting […]
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Here’s Something: Boos & Bravos
Welcome to another edition of Boos and Bravos, the quick-hit, catch-all column of Here’s Something. This week, remarkably, we have nothing but positive bravos to report: Bravo to a fantastic, though fleeting, Maine summer. The weather was what Goldilocks would have ordered – warm but not oppressively so. There was little rain and few beach […]