The Class of 2024 reflects on life lessons and experiences while attending Morse High School during commencement speeches on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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Afghanistan rescue dogs settle in to life in Maine after 7,000-mile journey
Thirteen dogs from Kabul arrived in Woolwich, where they now seek forever homes. Though the 7,000-mile journey was far from easy, volunteers deem the effort “a championing success.”
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High schooler raises steer, donates beef to Bowdoinham Food Pantry
Minna Pratte-Chase raised her first steer to donate locally sourced beef to the Bowdoinham Food Pantry.
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Solar contractor proposes array at Harpswell’s Mitchell Field
A solar contractor is proposing to lease 5 acres of George J. Mitchell Field for up to 35 years to install a community solar farm. ReVision Energy has offices in Montville and Portland, as well as locations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. A representative of the company will make a presentation to the Harpswell Select […]
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Dick Polman: Are Americans so depraved they’ll put a convicted felon in power?
Before we ponder the big unanswerable question — is this country so sick that it’ll put a convicted felon in the White House? — we should expel a brief sigh of satisfaction. What we witnessed Thursday afternoon was an historic triumph for the rule of law. Twelve everyday citizens did what the gutless Senate Republicans […]
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Sustainable Practice: Measuring sustainability
How do we know what’s sustainable and what isn’t? How can we get people to work together to protect and enhance our shared environment over the long term? What do we mean by “sustainability” anyway? These were some of the questions the United Nations’ Brundtland Commission considered back in the 1980s before defining sustainability as […]
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Curtis Memorial Library copes with suspension of interlibrary loaning
Curtis Memorial Library announced Friday that borrowing between libraries has been temporarily suspended due to extended contract negotiations at the state level for van delivery service. The library expects there will be no ILL delivery through at least mid-August. Over 200 Maine libraries and their patrons are impacted. Libraries have recalled their items in order […]
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Gary B. Anderson: Zionism by any other name
Nations come and go. Some come and go and come back again. Israel and Palestine both have their own supposed God-gifted historical entitlement to the same Holy Land; once known as Canaan, once known as Philistia or Syria Palaestina, once divided into Israel and Judah. Long before Muhammad there was Abraham. Long before the Israelites […]
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LC Van Savage: When sports break out at a fight
Is it only Americans who love to brawl at sporting events? Probably not, but I’m an American and live here, so for this column, I’ll focus on just our country. I want to know why we act so stupid and uncivilized by fighting and brawling at athletic games. It’s embarrassing. Creating these endless donnybrooks at […]
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Boothbay Summer Theater presents iconic ‘My Witch: The Margaret Hamilton Stories’
The Wicked Witch of the West has made her summer home in Boothbay. Boothbay Summer Theater presents “My Witch: The Margaret Hamilton Stories” as part of the Windjammer Days Festival, the Boothbay region’s summer kickoff event. Attendees who love Maine, “The Wizard of Oz,” theater and everything Hollywood will get a taste of it all […]