While this week’s column is not about the official start to spring, I have to mention it nonetheless, as it means an emerging out of winter, which often draws more people to the coast as the weather warms. Typically, the March date seems completely irrelevant as there is snow on the ground, ice coating previously […]
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The Maine Idea: Investing against the tide of climate change
I’m looking at a map of Maine depicting the variance of temperatures from normal during “statistical winter,” which for some reason begins Dec. 1 and ended this year on Feb. 29. The state appears to be on fire. That doesn’t seem likely since the calendar is just turning toward spring, but there it is. Nor […]
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Brunswick board to review challenge of affordable housing project
A Brunswick resident filed an appeal to reverse the Planning Board’s January approval of the Wilbur’s Woods development.
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From the Chocolate Church: Misnamed group of musical Irish siblings take Bath stage
They don’t scream, and they’re not orphans. Saturday night’s show at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Screaming Orphans brings together four delightful sisters from Ireland known worldwide for their award-winning sound that combines pop, folk, and Irish music. “The Diver sisters’ trademark spine-tingling four-part harmony and mastery of their instruments combined with […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: The solar eclipse of 2024 and your cellphone
Are you ready for the astronomical event of the year? The solar eclipse of 2024 will take place in Maine on April 8 between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. We at BoomerTECH Adventures are excited and preparing to view it as well. If you’d like to capture the moon’s journey across the face of the […]
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Dick Polman: A female Republican’s most thankless job
There are lots of thankless odious jobs in America — sanitation worker, septic tank repairman — but surely none are worse than cleaning up Donald Trump’s serial excrement. That goes double for his top female acolytes, who are tasked with defending a thrice-married adulterous crotch-grabbing rapist currently on the hook for $92 million in defamation […]
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Michael Reagan: To win, the GOP needs to say what it’s for, not against
Republicans are never going to impeach Joe Biden. I wish more Republicans would beat that fact into their skulls. Just as Democrats weren’t able to impeach Donald Trump because they didn’t control the Senate, Republicans are never going to impeach Biden for the same reason. Biden will never be impeached and MAGA Republicans have already […]
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Fourth annual Poetry Walk by Patten Free Library kicks off in April
Now in its fourth year, the Patten Free Library’s Poetry Walk will begin in April in Library Park. What began as a social distancing program in 2021 has become an annual tradition looked forward to by the community and staff alike. “Each year, we install about 20 poems on yard sign style signs,” Hannah Lackoff, […]
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Midcoast organizations are recipients of 2024 Casco Bay Community Grant awards
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership recently announced its 2024 Casco Bay Community Grants awards recipients, which include three Midcoast-based organizations. The Community Grants program supports new partnerships and innovative projects that engage communities with Casco Bay and its watershed. CBEP received 10 proposals totaling over $65,000 from schools, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations and community groups. This […]
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Scholarships to help kids attend summer camp available through Freeport collaboration
Freeport Community Services, the Town of Freeport and Freeport Housing Trust are teaming up again this year to provide summer camp scholarships to children in Freeport and Pownal. Last year, 75% of families indicated their children were eligible for free or reduced school lunch, while the remaining families indicated health concerns, single-parent status and significant […]