Still baking? Wrapping presents? Preparing for guests? This year for our holiday celebrations, with the best of intentions, I promised myself I would organize some of my 8,943 photos and 822 videos into creative slideshows that would amaze and astonish relatives and friends. Completion date was set for early December. It didn’t happen, but the […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Kayaking Spirit Pond and Morse River
Several years ago, while hiking with a group of friends on Seawall Beach at the end of Morse Mountain Trail in Phippsburg, we came upon the mouth of Morse River on the east end of the beach. A remarkably scenic location: several small barren islands are located just offshore and distinctive Sequin Island and Lighthouse […]
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Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association donates monkfish stew for MCHPP’s Christmas Eve meal
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, a local nonprofit working to identify and foster ways to rebuild the fisheries of the Gulf of Maine and sustain Maine’s fishing communities, has donated Maine Coast Monkfish Stew to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program to serve for its Christmas Eve lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24. Maine […]
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Spirit of Life: Celebrating darkness and light
This is a season when candles are being lit with increased regularity. Many religious communities are kindling lights (i.e. on a wreath for Advent and Christmas, a menorah for Hanukkah, a kinara for Kwanzaa, a Unitarian Universalist chalice for, well, everything, etc.). Individuals and families are putting lights on their houses or trees and, in […]
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Intertidal: Maine crab a versatile and plentiful food source
The recent shutdown of Alaska’s red king crab fishery got me thinking about how often overlooked Maine crab is. This weekend, I made a crab dip for friends using local Maine crab and was reminded of how versatile and delicious it is. I often get stuck on making crab cakes, but crab makes a great […]
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All Saints Parish hosts annual Christmas carol sing-along
For the 20th year, All Saints Parish will host a Christmas carol sing-along in front of the Brunswick town gazebo located in the park (between Maine Street and Park Row) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24. Those gathered will sing traditional Christmas carols for 15 minutes, and all are welcome to attend. This is a family-friendly […]
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Psalterium Institute hosts Christmas concerts in Brunswick and Lewiston
The Psalterium Institute present “Advent & Christmas: An Evening of Sacred Choral Music” in both Brunswick and Lewiston the weekend before Christmas. Admission to both concerts is free, but a freewill offering of $10 per attendee is appreciated. The performances are under the direction of Leon Griesbach and feature the Psalterium Institute Chamber Choir, Boy […]
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Bath United Methodist Church to celebrate Christmas Eve service Dec. 23
The church scheduled the Christmas Eve service to be a day early in hopes of accommodating Christmas weekend travel.
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The Recycle Bin: Reduce, reuse, then recycle
Having worked in solid waste in Phippsburg and being a part of the regional waste committee for Bath and Brunswick in the 1990s, I saw overflowing landfills and four operating regional waste incinerators. Let’s admit it. Even thrifty Mainers who are used to making do with what we can produce ourselves, borrowing from neighbors or […]