The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association has plenty of goods to offer at its Holiday Pop-Up Shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. Visit MCFA’s offices at 93 Pleasant St. in Brunswick to peruse merchandise, find the right gift for family or friends, and support a local cause. This is the third year […]
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Former Mt. Ararat basketball star thriving at Bates
Junior center Elsa Daulerio looking to build on last year’s performance, when she was a fourth team All-American
From the Chamber: December 10 x 100 — fa la la la ahhhhhhhh!
Ready or not, December is here and that seems to have many of us juggling wayyyyy too much between regular work, shopping, Christmas concerts, office parties, mailing cards, sending presents and maintaining our holly-jollyness. First, I will tell you to breathe. It’s a lot to handle, but you’re doing great. Secondly, accept that you can’t […]
Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Blustery Number 5 Mountain
Number 5 Mountain is a 3,186-foot peak located in the mountains southwest of Jackman and northwest of The Forks. It’s part of a range of peaks that separate Attean Pond and the Moose River in the north from Spencer Lake and Stream in the south. Access to the trailhead is via Spencer Road (aka Hardscrabble […]
Seven land trusts receive L.L.Bean grant funding for priority conservation projects
Through the support of the L.L.Bean Maine Land Trust Grant Program, Maine Coast Heritage Trust awarded funds ranging from $8,000-$10,000 for conservation projects in six counties across the state.
DEP launches next round of well testing in wake of toxic foam spill in Brunswick
The next round of private well testing could show how the disastrous firefighting foam spill at Brunswick Executive Airport in August may have affected the nearby neighborhood.
Elwood Watson: Republicans have a shrinking mandate
President-elect Donald Trump is about to resume a second term as president with such a slim GOP majority in the House of Representatives that it offers the party little if any room for error. Republicans deliriously reveling about their supposed “huge election mandate” may want to keep a lid on such unabashed glee. As final […]
Christine Flowers: Criminals in cribs — the crazy attempt to ban birthright citizenship
There have been some interesting discussions about birthright citizenship, intensified by Donald Trump’s election a few weeks ago. A number of people who are angry at the chaos at the border have jumped right over the normal processes and procedures which would guarantee illegal border crossings are limited and hit right at one of the […]
Tom Purcell: Sign me up for cursive
The death of cursive handwriting reared its ugly head during the recent presidential election. Since 2010, according to Yahoo News, many states have dropped cursive writing from their curricula as they shifted to Common Core State Standards for English. As a result, many Gen Z Americans lack a distinctive cursive signature, which posed a problem […]
Gordon L. Weil: Golden’s reform worth a close look
Jared Golden is trying to close a circle that’s as old as the Constitution. As one of Maine’s U.S. House members, he wants the House to take a new look at an old subject. He has proposed that the House of Representatives should consider adding members. During the drafting of the Constitution, the Framers debated […]
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