Mid Coast Hospital has announced the launch of its 2020 Annual Giving Campaign. This year’s campaign will be led by Eleanor “Smokey” Morrell and Elizabeth “Betsy” Niven. The two women have served for nearly 50 years in the Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary, and have staffed the hospital’s information desk, café and gift shop. “We have […]
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Intertidal: Bracing for single-celled trouble
As the weather gets chilly, many living things in coastal waters are ramping down. Many species have migrated south like some marine mammals and sea birds. Others like lobsters are finding their way into deeper water where the temperatures stay constant, or deep into the mud like shellfish. In many ways, the coast becomes less […]
The Recycle Bin: Stopping ‘wish-cycling’
Your weekly question and answer column on what to recycle, what not to recycle, and why, in Brunswick. The public is encouraged to submit questions by email to brunsrecycleinfo@gmail.com
Intertidal: Sea slugs are fascinating and bizarre
On the heels of Halloween, with all the creative costumes out there designed to scare other people away, I was thinking of some of the crazy “costumes” that sea creatures put on to scare their predators away. There are myriad strategies that animals use to look dangerous. Some animals have giant eyespots, many times bigger […]
Ron Chase: Moose Mission: Impossible: Part 2
Moose hunt permit holders Brent Elwell and Carl Dubois were up well before dawn on the opening day of the 2020 moose hunt. Four of us were located at remote Priestly Camp on the St. John River in far northern Maine. Committed to hunting by canoe, they departed for Shields Branch and Big Black River, […]
The Recycle Bin: Kudos for progress made in recycling
Your weekly question and answer column on what to recycle, what not to recycle, and why, in Brunswick. The public is encouraged to submit questions by email to brunsrecycleinfo@gmail.com
Birth announcements
A girl, Carina Helene Guzman-Bass born to Delia O and Anneliese Joy Guzman-Bass on October 24, 2020 of Brunswick, Maine. Maternal grandparents, Jean and Brenden Bass of Brunswick, Maine. Spouse grandparents, Lucia and Baldemar Guzman of San Antonio, Texas. Sibling, Mateo Nathaniel Guzman-Bass. A boy, Grayson Robert Wiswell born to Samuel James and Hannah Marie […]
Intertidal: Celebrating fish migration
This is supposed to be a column about the intertidal – the area where the water meets the land and where we humans are able to explore when the tide is out. But, it is also about the connectivity between parts of the ecosystem and what we can learn from it. One of those connections […]
The Recycle Bin: Time to talk composting
Your weekly question and answer column on what to recycle, what not to recycle, and why, in Brunswick. The public is encouraged to submit questions by email to brunsrecycleinfo@gmail.com
Infant safety course offered
A free community/professional training is being offered through Zoom on the topic of infant safe sleep/periods of purple crying 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 This program supports parents and professional caregivers in Sagadahoc, Knox & Waldo Counties who work with babies and/or families with babies. The focus is on promoting safe sleeping environments for infants, […]