In 1989, I started working for the town of Phippsburg as the landfill manager, working with Harry and Curtis Doughty, who, in addition to plowing the roads, used their heavy equipment to cover the landfill. Bath Vocational Building program students built Phippsburg a 30-foot-long, wooden building which contained an office space and a larger space […]
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Intertidal: Sea urchin season is at its peak
While some fisheries are in their quiet period for the year, others are at their peak. You have to be a little bit adventurous if you want to expand your palate to include species beyond lobster and scallops (not that I ever get tired of those). Another favorite that I didn’t discover until living overseas […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Spring clean your tech devices
This column is BoomerTECH Adventures’ second annual New Year’s reminder to think about the “health” of your digital devices. Are they full of files and data no longer useful so that phones, tablets and laptops slowly become sluggish? Are you giving out-of-date apps a home that takes up valuable storage space? These 12 tips will […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: An icy surprise on Mount Blue
People are busy during the holiday season. So, when no one expressed interest in my scheduled Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society mountain hike in early December, my wife, Nancy, and I were undeterred. After considering the various options that appealed to us, we decided on Bald Mountain near Weld. Since the area had experienced heavy […]
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Intertidal: Make splash this New Year’s Eve with Maine seafood
As this is the last column of 2022, with the new year a few days away, I thought it would be appropriate to write about a way to celebrate the coast going into 2023 — and it might even bring you good luck. Growing up, my grandparents used to eat pickled herring on New Year’s […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Discovering the Seboeis Riverside Trail
In recent years, the Butler Conservation Fund has created two extraordinary outdoor facilities in Maine: Penobscot River Trails in Grindstone and Cobscook Shores in the Cobscook Bay area of Washington County. I’ve had the good fortune to hike the Cobscook Shores trails and have benefited from multiple excursions biking and skiing the PRT. When BCF […]
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Book Notes: Reading John, the mystery of Christmas
When it comes to reading the Christmas story in the Bible, the Gospel writer Luke gets most of the attention. Like a film director, he vividly captures poor Mary giving birth in a stable as shepherds watch their flocks and a band of angels fills the Bethlehem sky, announcing the good news. But to me, […]
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Intertidal: Local resources teach residents how to reduce their impact on the Maine coast
Maybe you’re starting to think about priorities for the new year and what you might try to do more or less of going forward. If you live along the coast, as we do in Brunswick, you might decide to spend some time learning more about how to be a responsible citizen of that coast. While […]