Maine Maritime Museum’s search committee voted unanimously to offer Chris Timm the position as the museum’s new executive director. Timm accepted the offer late last week after filling the role as interim executive director since September 2021. Timm has worked at Maine Maritime Museum since December 2016 with roles in exhibit curation and external affairs. […]
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Wiscasset celebrates its first Juneteenth
Picnics, music, and stories highlight the day
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Lahaie Fund commits $15,000 to scholarship for Brunswick-based fire service training
The Lahaie Fund is announcing a commitment of $15,000 to the Peter L. Rines Memorial Scholarship for the Southern Maine Community College Maine Fire Service Institute training. The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to those looking to attend the institute’s Fire Instructor Program or Fire Officer Program/ Academy, held at the college’s Midcoast […]
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The Recycle Bin: Fighting the Fruit Flies
It has to be springtime because I have seen my first invasion of fruit flies by the ripening bananas in our kitchen. There are a load and a half of products out there for dealing with these little critters, but none of them need to be purchased or used. The best results I have had, […]
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Ron Chase: Paddling remote Ross Stream and the Allagash River Part I: Ross Stream
Paddlers maneuver around an obstacle on Ross Stream. Contributed Remote, infrequently paddled, Ross Stream is a tributary of the Allagash River that enters the iconic waterway from the west at Long Lake. Chemquasabamticook is its Native American name. Given the difficulty I have spelling and pronouncing it, I’m begging the pardon of my Wabanaki ancestors […]
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From the Garden: Protecting your garden before and after severe storms
As we celebrate blooming roses, ripening tomatoes and the pollinator frenzy in our backyards, we gardeners also should be aware of the downsides of summer: thunderstorms, tropical storms and hurricanes. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an “above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane season,” and even as tornado season winds down, some threat remains […]
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Midcoast Literacy Readers Ride connects students and horses in Brunswick
On Saturday, June 4, Midcoast Literacy held its first Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the support of 15 local businesses, students in Midcoast Literacy’s Read Together tutoring program – most of whom had never ridden a horse before – toured Sable Oak’s stables and got […]
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National Guard engineers conduct top enlisted changeover in Brunswick
The Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion held a change of responsibility ceremony at the Brunswick Armed Forces Reserve Center June 4. Command Sgt. Maj. Alpha Williams relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Edward Graves. Both Graves and Williams have an extensive history of working with the 133rd Engineer Battalion, according to a press […]
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Intertidal: Marking World Oceans Day
Yesterday marked the 14th annual World Oceans Day, a day dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans and their resources. Starting in 2008, June 8 was officially designated as an international day of celebration by the United Nations General Assembly. It began as a collaborative concept of The Ocean Project, a network of some 2000 organizations […]
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