Last week, I wrote about seeds — the many varieties of those on land and also those that are found near the water or even underneath it. I also wrote about the many ways that seeds travel: by gripping onto clothing or flying through the air, or by floating. As I previously described, seeds can […]
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Bath election: Voters to decide council seat, $30 million in infrastructure spending
The Nov. 7 election in Bath features four candidates vying for an at-large council seat and bond questions for $25 million in sewer upgrades and $5 million for street repairs.
Brunswick town manager to retire
Longtime town employee John Eldridge, 67, said he plans to retire in January after nine years as Brunswick’s town manager.
Five Topsham residents face off for four seats on school board
After a contentious fall for the Topsham-area school board, five candidates are running for four seats up for election Nov. 7.
From the Chamber: Some unsolicited advice on engagement and the value of time
How’re you doing? Let me guess. Tired, you’re tired. You’re too stretched and too stressed and even on Mondays you’re waiting on Friday to come so you can shed the worries of the week and get in your comfy clothes, and eat some comfort food and just detach. Sure, you have invitations for events to […]
Bath Savings adds two new board members
Bath Savings President and CEO Glenn Hutchinson recently announced the election of Jeffrey Geiger and Lois Skillings to the board of trustees. A Bath resident, Geiger holds degrees in naval architecture and marine engineering. His extensive career in the shipbuilding industry includes serving as president of both Bath Iron Works and Electric Boat before retiring […]
Dick Polman: The world’s on fire, but America is stuck with dysfunctional cult of saboteurs and liars
Last week the MAGA brats in the U.S. House ousted their Speaker and basically crashed the chamber because that’s what nihilists do, they seek and destroy. But now come the consequences. A major Middle East crisis has rocked the world, and, for the gang that can’t govern, play time is suddenly over. Michael McCaul, the […]
Carl Golden: No one’s buying Biden’s flip-flop on Trump’s wall
There exists an “acute and immediate need” for a border wall in the Rio Grande Valley – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Oct. 4, 2023. “No”– President Biden when asked if a border wall was effective in halting illegal immigration, Oct. 5, 2023. Aside from widening the administration’s credibility gap, the circumstances surrounding the […]
Brunswick bookstore owner spotlights ‘one of the great Maine writers’
A widely published poet himself and a co-owner of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, Gary Lawless will be speaking about Ruth Moore’s life and writing this Thursday for a public event hosted by the Loose Ladies Book Club in Bowdoinham.
Brunswick election: 3 candidates running for single council seat
Chris Teel, Nathan MacDonald and Camden Reiss are running for an at-large seat on the Brunswick Town Council. It’s the only contested race on the Brunswick ballot Nov. 7.