The TEDxBowdoinCollege club is hosting an event from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in the Visual Arts Center’s Kresge Auditorium to showcase students’ own TED talks as well as professors and alumni of the college. TED began in 1984 as a conference co-founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks where technology, entertainment and design […]
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Letters to the editor: Trump comments, SAD 75 political agendas
Trump’s comments offensive and unchristian “Have a happy holy week” said Donald Trump in a social media post. Such a cheerful display of ignorance, while not out of character, is still hard to comprehend. Holy Week, the week in which Jesus was crucified, is the most solemn week of the year for Christians and hardly […]
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Just a Little Old: On next chapters, changing plans, falling limbs and Thornton Oaks
A few months ago, we decided to move to Thornton Oaks to start the next chapter of our lives. Moving is never easy, and we needed some big-time help. Some friends recommended we hire SimplySized Home, a brilliant suggestion. Kim, the company’s founder, and Eva, one of her trusty assistants, were amazing at every step […]
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Tom Purcell: Insights from great minds on taxes
Wise and witty thoughts are the only things that bring me any solace during tax-filing season — thoughts, such as these: “The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream.” (Bill Murray) “What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only […]
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Brunswick board to weigh challenge to proposed housing development
Two weeks after the initial public hearing, the Zoning Board is set to issue a decision on Thursday night on the challenge filed against affordable housing project Wilbur’s Woods.
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‘The common good’: Maine VFW honors Harpswell teacher for fostering civic engagement
Xavier Kane and Emmett Stuart, two students in Abby Svenson’s fifth grade class at Harpswell Community School, worked together to fold an American flag on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in February. Xavier held two corners high off the ground while Emmett concentrated on carefully turning and folding the fabric to form a compact triangle. […]
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‘Mandolin wizard’ Jacob Jolliff and his band take stage in Boothbay
Jacob Jolliff was born into a musical family. His dad started him on the mandolin at age 7 and required him to practice 10 minutes a day. After six months of practicing this minimal amount, something clicked, and almost overnight he started putting in several hours of intense practice daily. And this hasn’t really changed […]
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The Maine Idea: Maine’s voter referendums must be overhauled
The awesome power of state initiative-and-referendum questions was on display this week via two rulings released by the Florida Supreme Court on the same day. In response to a six-week abortion ban enacted by the Legislature, as requested by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the seven-member court – all appointed by DeSantis – ruled 6-1 the […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Time for some new inspiration — stimulating, compelling and interesting internet content
It may be beautiful in many parts of the country, but Mainers often grimace when we talk about weather late in March and early April. After a season of non-winter-like weather, a couple of late winter/early spring snowstorms is making some of us decidedly grumpy! (Or maybe that is only us!) Maybe you are in […]
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Intertidal: Across the pond, April Fools’ pranks are fish-based
My daughter is studying French in school and recently informed me, after pranking me that she’d failed a recent test, that in France, April Fools’ Day is known as “poisson d’avril,” or April Fish. While I have done silly things like hiding a bouncy ball that looks like an eyeball in my kids’ lunch box […]