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BoomerTECH Adventures: Our expert picks for holiday tech gifts

Don’t panic! You still have time to find well-appreciated gifts for family and friends. Our BoomerTECH Adventures crew likes inexpensive tech gifts — like chargers, wearable tech like a LED flashlight hat, smart plugs, laptop stands, portable speakers and more. One of the best lists we’ve seen this season is “The best tech gifts for […]

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Stories from Maine: The Great Brunswick Fire

Brunswick has had many notable fires since its settlement in 1628, but this month marks the 199th anniversary of the Great Brunswick Fire of 1825. In that year, with a population of nearly 3,000, Brunswick was a flourishing little village brisk with sawmills, cotton manufacturers, lumber mills, grist mills, tenement houses, shops and businesses. At […]

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Intertidal: Festive feasting of fishes

It isn’t the Feast of Seven Fishes just yet, but we have officially begun the period of Advent during which some people around the world practice some form of fasting — one of those being the abstinence of eating meat, which leads to a greater consumption of fish. The Feast of the Seven Fishes is […]

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The Maine Idea: Dubious pardons a Republican specialty

The blogosphere is abuzz over President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, with criticism ranging from regret to denunciation. There is much to criticize, considering Biden’s previous vows not to intervene in the case. But facts change. The prosecution, undertaken in about the same timeframe as Jack Smith’s legal pursuit of Donald Trump, was […]

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From the Chocolate Church: Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem with Darlin’ Corey to light up the stage

At 7:30 p.m. this Friday at the Chocolate Church Art Center’s newly renovated Annex, we have the most perfect remedy to December chill and early darkness: world-class American roots music with Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem and special guest Darlin’ Corey. The musicianship will be virtuosic. The vibe: cozy and warm. And the setting: intimate. […]