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From the Garden: Add beauty, function to your garden with a path
A path is a feature too often overlooked in a garden or landscape. Maybe it lacks functionality, or beauty, or it’s needed — but just not there. A well-designed path can do more than keep your feet dry. It can tell you where to walk, and also guide your eyes and imagination. What’s at the […]
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The Recycle Bin: Information archives
ecomaine’s “Recyclopedia” is an online resource available at ecomaine.org/what-can-be-recycled/recyclopedia/ . This program offers a wonderfully simple user interface, and provides a host of solid information about what can be recycled, and what cannot. I have not discussed the Recyclopedia much in the past for two reasons. One is that it is obviously heavily oriented towards […]
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Facing soaring construction costs, Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers Maine creates 2-month long Walk to Build
Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers Maine’s 28th Annual Spring Walk to Build will kick off Sunday, May 2, 1 p.m. at the Dipper Cove Clubhouse in Orr’s Island, and conclude June 30, with several small COVID safe walk events scheduled in between. Habitat is asking folks to choose a date anytime between May 2 and […]
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Mid Coast Hospital receives top patient safety grade
The Leapfrog Group, a non-profit that aims to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, has announced its Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and has awarded Mid Coast Hospital an A, the highest designation that Leapfrog offers. To determine its letter grades every six months, Leapfrog uses publicly available data from […]
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Intertidal: The ‘Kansas Sea’ a reminder that Earth is ever-changing
On a recent trip to St. Louis, far from my adopted home state of Maine, I was reminded that Missouri was once adjacent to a sea: the Sea of Kansas. The evidence of this can be seen in the limestone cliffs that border Midwestern highways and the fossils that are found in the surrounding rocks. […]
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Bath groups organizing rides for National Bike Month
The Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee and the Bath Parks and Recreation Department are inviting residents in May to celebrate National Bicycle Month, as designated by the League of American Cyclists. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee, with assistance from the Parks and Recreation Department, will offer three guided bicycle rides. On Saturday, May 15 the […]
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Bath City Bus to resume Monday-Friday service
Beginning Monday, May 3, Bath City Bus will resume Monday to Friday service from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and increase capacity to six riders at a time. Appointments will no longer be required except to request pickup at an unscheduled stop or to request transportation to Mid Coast Hospital. To request special pickup or […]
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Maine Women’s Giving Tree announces grant recipients
Maine Women’s Giving Tree has announced it has donated $60,000 to 10 nonprofits in the Midcoast. “This is by far the largest amount we have awarded in our 10-year history of grant making,” said Jane Cabot of Harpswell, president of the nonprofit. “In a giving circle, members pool their dollars and together decide how to distribute […]