BRUNSWICK The 13th Annual Brunswick Garden Tour returns on Sunday, July 12. All proceeds will go to the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program which serves lunch six days a week at their Soup Kitchen and provides boxes of food in their Food Pantry to families in need. Tickets are now available at Hannaford in Brunswick, […]
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USM Dean’s List The following full-time, instate students have been named to the University of Southern Maine Dean’s List for the spring 2015 semester. Bath: Monica Akyama Agyen-Frempong, Jennifer Mae Dolloff, Malorrie Ann Nadeau, Angelina Michelle Smith and Amanda Page Ujhelyi Bowdoin: Benjamin Fredric Gauthier Bowdoinham: Erin Gray Edgecomb, Kimberlee Aimee Lamothe, Brooke Hurley Lancaster […]
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Don’t twist that Oreo: Cookie gets skinny, ‘sophisticated’
NEW YORK Oreos are getting a skinny new look, and its maker says the new cookie is a “sophisticated” snack for grown-ups that isn’t meant to be twisted or dunked. Mondelez International Inc. says it will add “Oreo Thins” to its permanent lineup in the U.S. starting next week. The cookies look like regular Oreos […]
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Why Little League is better than Major League
Little League may be for kids and Major League Baseball for adult athletes, but when it comes to being a spectator, I strongly prefer the former. Here’s why: 1. In Little League, anything can happen A Little League game is not decided until the very last out of the last inning. Until then, the winner […]
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Fourth of July in the garden: Blooms instead of booms
Among my earliest memories is one from a Fourth of July celebration back when I was just a tadpole – perhaps 1949. My sister and I sat on the hood of our parents’ 1938 Buick, a big black sedan, and watched fireworks way past my bedtime. Red, white and blue rockets zoomed skyward, filling us […]
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On the coast and off the grid
DEER ISLE At the end of a long, quiet paved road, there is a long, even quieter dirt road. And at the end of that road, a peaceful tree-lined driveway ends at a 17th centuryinspired timber frame home. The Deer Isle Hostel, a large three-story house, is home to a dozen or so passing visitors […]
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Improving stroke outcomes in our region
Stroke is a leading cause of death and serious long-term disability in the United States. Recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that Sagadahoc County has one of the highest stroke death rates in Maine. Given the high incidence of stroke in our region it is more important than ever to […]
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Sleep is a serious matter
Many of us don’t put a lot of thought into the way we sleep. However, in recent decades, medical researchers have begun to study sleep in a serious way.As a result, most of us have heard a variety of tips and reminders about our sleep patterns. From getting eight hours a night, to avoiding eating […]
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Pick up Pickleball
It’s a little bit like tennis,… or badminton,… or ping pong,… even raquetball.However you choose to describe Pickleball, be prepared to enjoy yourself when you play your first game, and yes, you will be planning your second game, and your third.The Brunswick Recreation Department, with the help of self-described “pickleball pro” Nancy Heiser, has become […]