Learning opportunities help seniors look to the future
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Students get their hands dirty learning about Merrymeeting Bay
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay host the return of Spring Bay Day to a little over 100 fourth graders from four different elementary schools.
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Brunswick Planning Board approves apartment building plans for Wilbur’s Woods
After a tense back and forth among members, the board unanimously decided to accept a revised design for the apartment building.
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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens preps for return of its second-biggest event of the year
Outside of Gardens Aglow, there is no busier weekend at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens than its free weekend, Maine Days. The gardens on May 14 released 10,000 tickets to Mainers at no cost to visit on May 31, June 1 or June 2. Advance registration is required for this very popular event. “We are looking […]
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Morse High School student wins scholarship to step aboard simulated aircraft carrier
Kai Nascimento will spend a week at the National Flight Academy in Florida.
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Intertidal: A bounty of maritime events ready to launch
Last week, I wrote about International Maritime Day, coming up on May 22, and its celebration of maritime industry as well as the Savannah, the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic in 1802. One of the local connections to this holiday is this weekend’s upcoming Community Day at the Maine Maritime Museum — a […]
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Spirit of Life: Better as a bouquet, the gift of pluralism
The flowers are showing out, at long last. I appreciate the ways they demonstrate the sage advice given to writers in every age, to “show, not tell” the heart of their wisdom. One lesson the flowers seem keen to share at the moment is about the inherent value of pluralism (i.e. a condition in which […]
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Cooking at the Cove: Chicken and rice with spice
This week’s entrée features a comforting combination of two standard staples (chicken and rice) infused with fragrant, flavorful herbs and spices, and all simmered in one pot on the stovetop. I recommend using homemade stock for this dish because it’s always best, but if you don’t have any of that squirreled away in your freezer, […]
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ArtWalk Gardiner kicks off May 17, runs Fridays through summer
ArtWalk Gardiner 2024 emerges from 5-8 p.m. this Friday, May 17. The event runs Fridays through Aug. 16, plus a bonus event on Dec. 6. These evenings of art and celebration feature unique works by a variety of local artists and craftspeople, including painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, handmade books, jewelry, textiles, sculpture and beyond, according […]
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Mt. Ararat students win second place in Maine App Challenge
Miles Dailey and Isaac Wright of Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham recently won second place in Tyler Technologies’ 2024 Maine App Challenge with their app PlanPal, a tool to help students keep track of their assignments. Violet Blum Levine of Deering High School took first place with her app PTConnect, a system for easily […]