A local accordion player has become a fixture at Brackett’s Market IGA in downtown Bath. People who pass by him are hit with a wave of nostalgia for the old tunes he loves to share with locals and visitors.
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Gordon L. Weil: Cold economics could decide hot politics
A dozen people will meet behind closed doors next month and make a decision that will heavily influence the presidential election and might even decide it. They are not politicians. They are a group of almost anonymous economists and bankers who will set the interest rate affecting everything from mortgages and housing to credit cards […]
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Franco Center to open 25th season with Best of Broadway performance
Hop on over to Lewiston next weekend as the Franco Center kicks off its 25th season with the biggest hits of favorite Broadway shows on Sept. 6 and 7 under the direction of Jake Hodgkin. Exceptional local performers in the 7 p.m. Best of Broadway shows include Jim Hodgkin, Jim McKinley, Eden Bauer, Jen LeBlanc, […]
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Letters to the editor: Golek endorsement, election outcome’s effect on health care
Vote Cheryl Golek for state rep Over the past three years, I’ve volunteered as a driver for state Rep. Cheryl Golek (who represents Harpswell and parts of Brunswick), taking her door to door as she campaigned for her first term and now her second. Cheryl is a remarkable person. She was born poor and worked […]
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This year’s Chamberlain Legacy Lecture focuses on race and capital punishment
Pejepscot History Center is hosting the fourth annual Chamberlain Legacy Lecture on the topic of “Selective Justice: The Death Penalty and Race.” The presentation is at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept, 6, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. This year’s speakers are Alicia Cepeda Maule, digital director at the Innocence Project, and Bangor […]
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State planning rehab of Brooklyn Bridge in Bowdoinham
MDOT is seeking public input on the future of the Brooklyn Bridge that runs over the Cathance River.
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Stories from Maine: Riot epidemic hits 1850s Bath
In the spring of 1854 “a riotous epidemic” was “prevailing throughout … the country.” While the Kansas-Nebraska Act stoked the flames of abolition, new radical groups formed to divide the moral and political landscape of America. One of these groups had a destructive effect on the City of Bath. Many Americans were frustrated by the mid-18th […]
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Intertidal: An unexpected creature
I am a bit of a broken record with my imploring of people to always take a closer look at the natural world, as what may seem already familiar so often holds new discoveries. So, without apology, I have another mystery creature to introduce this week — one that I have never seen or even […]
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Sustainable Practice: Our sustainable community
Sustainability is a collective effort, a journey we’re all on together in our community, state, nation and world. It’s about making life better and safer for everyone, now and far into the future. So, what are the priorities for sharing knowledge and having conversations about sustainable living? Every reader of this column may have different […]
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Just a Little Old: Reflections on leadership
At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, Curt Dale Clark, artistic director at Maine State Music Theatre, got word that he had to play the part of the producer Don Kirchner in “Beautiful: the Carole King Musical” at MSMT that very night. He went to a rehearsal at 3:30 p.m., hosted the MSMT concert at […]
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