Brunswick to celebrate National Day of Prayer Brunswick’s National Day of Prayer event is at noon Thursday, May 2, at the Brunswick Town Mall Gazebo. This one-hour program includes prayer, special music and patriotic selections. Local residents will be asking for divine blessings and intervention in several areas: family, education, churches, businesses, media, government, military […]
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The Recycle Bin: Topsham climate action planning
Recently, bigger ocean storms have knocked out hundreds of Maine lobster docks, intense rainfalls have kept the Androscoggin River well above flood level for many days in April and power was out for 10 hours to several days in parts of the Midcoast. Increasingly intense weather events are becoming the new norm, so many Maine […]
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Intertidal: Farmed or wild, scallops are a tasty culinary resource
Last week, the April school vacation week wrapped up. Some people took time off during the break while others traveled — some to places nearby and others far away. For some Mainers, that trip took them down to Gloucester, Massachusetts — the launch point for fishing boats heading out to harvest scallops at this time […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Hiking into the path of totality
I was skeptical about making the effort to view the total solar eclipse on April 8. After several months of wet, stormy, very cloudy weather, I expected another gray, bad-weather day. About a week in advance of the eclipse, meteorologists with the local television stations began predicting a fabulous, warm, sunny day. After an Easter […]
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Spirit of Life: Just a little light
I am still processing my experience of the eclipse last week. I found it much more profound and emotional than I anticipated. Like many others, I traveled so I could be in the path of totality. It was my first time. Even though I had the minute-by-minute preview of the predictable changes that would occur […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Access great reads 24/7
Recently, I was powering up every digital device in my house so I could download my Kindle books to several devices. A storm was coming, and I just couldn’t be without access to books to read. I started wondering about digital access to books in 2024. I suspected it had expanded since last I checked, […]
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Intertidal: Brunswick poetry stroll celebrates coast
While local students are on vacation from school this week, you can see what they worked hard to create in the months prior as you stroll through downtown Brunswick. Posters on several storefronts display poetry written by students across grade levels in celebration of National Poetry Month, which is the month of April. The posters […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Stormy days in Baxter State Park
Following three days of remarkable spring-like weather, the final three days of our six-day Baxter State Park expedition in the South Branch Pond region was dominated by challenging weather. On day four, six of us awoke in the South Branch bunkhouse to a rainy forecast. After enjoying exceptional mountain hikes during the previous two days, […]
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Book Notes: When the world seems dark, a book of hope
Sometimes, like this week’s solar eclipse, it feels like all the light has suddenly gone out. Activities you once enjoyed or places you once found solace, may feel dim and cold. The world has a way of peeling away your skin, so that reaching for some bright new beginning seems achingly, blisteringly impossible. Where to […]
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Intertidal: Shared experience brings people together
In an open field in the middle of the afternoon in the bright sun, I looked around to see family groups, students, construction workers taking a break and cars pulled over to the side of the road — they were all doing the same thing and they were all smiling. Well, they were smiling beneath […]