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Tortoise jumps from the sky (a West African tale)

Long ago, there was a drought in the land and all the animals were starving. But Tortoise, the trickster, noticed that the birds were still singing. When he looked closely, he saw they were plump. “Why are you so fat?” he asked Kingfisher one afternoon. “As a matter of fact, why are all the birds […]

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STUDENT NOTES

ANDREW STEINBEISER of Harpswell, a graduating communication and rhetorical studies major from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, was recognized at the May convocation for receiving the Mary Elizabeth Earle Prize for an outstanding undergraduate student in communication and rhetorical studies. ERICA LONG, daughter of Robert Long of Richmond and Elizabeth Pohl of […]

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SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Monday, 7 p.m. town hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. SKATEPARK DESIGN WORKSHOP, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick SCHOOL BOARD: BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, Monday, 8:30 […]

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SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS

Bath COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., City Hall. Brunswick CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. SCHOOL BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. SCHOOL BOARD: POLICY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:15 p.m., Director of Student Services Office, Hawthorne School, 46 Federal St. Dresden TOWN MEETING, Saturday, 9 a.m., […]

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Leadership workshop for educators offered

FREEPORT — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Center for Courage and Renewal, will offer a oneday workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 22. “The interactive session is for Maine K-16 teachers and school leaders interested in strengthening their school communities through shared leadership and thoughtful action,” a release […]

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TAKE HEART:

Veteran poet Thomas Carper of Cornish is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Southern Maine. His remarkable sonnets combine a scrupulous attention to form with the urgency of life experience. In this example he writes about a Nazi extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. NOBODY AT TREBLINKA BY THOMAS […]