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Canada’s Cécilia to perform at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House

by The Times Record August 9, 2023August 10, 2023

Traditional music that causes a wonderful stir and fills to overflowing every venue — that is Cécilia! Widely recognized as three of Canada’s finest musicians, Timi Turmel, Erin Leahy and Louis Schryer — who together make up the trio Cecilia — will take the stage at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House Saturday, Aug. 12. […]

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‘Something Rotten!’ hits Maine State Music Theatre stage

by The Times Record August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

What happens when you take one part “Spamalot,” one part “Book of Mormon,” and add a rhyming couplet (or two) with a large splash of thrilling dance routines? You get the hilarious musical comedy that brings Shakespeare to glorious, vibrant life — “Something Rotten!” Set in 1595, “Something Rotten!” follows the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, […]

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Intertidal: Fluke or flounder? Consider the season and their eyes when identifying these flatfish

by Susan Olcott Intertidal August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Etymology has always been a nerdy fascination of mine. Maybe it’s because I took Latin for seven years starting in the sixth grade. I discovered that maybe it wasn’t the smartest idea when I tried to take a spoken language for the first time in college and didn’t exactly pass my first conversation class. So, […]

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The Maine Idea: A president elected by all of us

by Douglas Rooks The Maine Idea August 9, 2023

In a rare August election on Tuesday, Ohio voters decisively rejected requiring popular supermajorities for referendums on constitutional questions. This Republican proposal was widely, and correctly, interpreted as an attempt to fend off an abortion rights referendum in 2024. These end-arounds rarely work; voters see through such transparent manipulation. Yet there’s another story here, one […]

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Local students’ science experiment headed from Brunswick to stratosphere

by The Times Record August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Middle school students at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick will be analyzing flight data based on an experiment they created when the Airbus Perlan Mission II heads to 90,000 feet this fall. “It’s amazing that an experiment they built is on the flight,” Karin Paquin, a science teacher at St. John’s, said in a […]

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Peter Roff: Reform the FDA before it kills us

by Peter Roff Guest column August 9, 2023August 8, 2023

The human capacity for processing information is limited. People running for office who recognize this and adapt their campaign messages accordingly usually do better than those who don’t. It’s not that the voters are dumb, far from it. In the years since the end of World War II, the federal government has grown in both […]

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Get outside: Freeport Trail Challenge begins Saturday

by The Times Record August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

Freeport Conservation Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting natural spaces, recently announced its annual Trail Challenge. From Aug. 12 to Oct. 16, participants are invited to embark on an adventure exploring four local trails and experiencing the beauty of Freeport’s natural surroundings. The Trail Challenge aims to engage individuals of all ages […]

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Midcoast Senior College fall registration opens Aug. 21

by The Times Record August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

Midcoast Senior College has announced new courses for its upcoming fall term. Courses begin the week of Sept. 11 and are four to eight weeks long. There is a selection of in-person and online classes. Midcoast Senior College brings classes to seniors interested in lifelong learning with no grades, no exams — just learning for […]