Sunday’s races will honor Mason Warren, of Harpswell, who died in a car crash last October, by featuring his buoy colors (black, blue and yellow) on this year’s apparel to be sold for charity.
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Giving Voice: Up against the odds – revisiting family homelessness
Four years ago, in July 2019, our Giving Voice article “The realities of family homelessness” by Annie Rose, described what it might be like for a family to survive in their car in the summer heat, with no room at the local shelter, and the harsh daily hurdles the family would have to overcome to […]
Carl Golden: Why are Democrats even acknowledging RFK Jr.?
In the Democrat’s stepped-up offensive against presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a faint whiff of panic is in the air, a stirring of concern that no good can come from one of the nation’s most storied political names lingering on the fringes of the party’s President Biden re-election strategy. Conventional wisdom has it that […]
The Maine Idea: Get ready for Referendum Madness
Maine has a problem with its initiative and referendum system no one wants to talk about. It’s simple: twice in the past seven years, voters have approved questions that turned out to be unconstitutional in whole or in part. Unlike other states, including Massachusetts, from which it inherited its basic constitutional arrangements, Maine has no […]
Brunswick Barnes & Noble opening draws hundreds
Barnes & Noble opened its second Maine store, and a company spokesperson said it will soon announce plans for another new store in the state.
Accused Bath school arsonist’s plea hearing delayed
Allan Thomas Vigil is accused of setting a massive fire at the Dike Newell School.
Bowdoinham brainstorms ways to save its deteriorating Town Hall
Failing to pass a $1 million bond for repairs in June, Bowdoinham’s Town Hall Committee goes back to the drawing board.
Review: Maine State Music Theatre climbs ladder of success with ‘9 to 5’
Playing at the Pickard Theatre in Brunswick through Aug. 5, this juicy revenge story set in the late ’70s tells the tale of three women who teach their sexist, egotistical boss a lesson he’ll never forget.
Maine State Ballet presents ‘Hansel and Gretel’
Maine State Ballet presents the classic fairy tale of a brother and sister who become lost in the woods. Guided by stars and angels through the night, they awake to fall into the hands of a witch living in a gingerbread house. Together, the children plan their escape and return safely home to their village. […]
Youth breaks into sleeping Brunswick woman’s home, threatens her with knife, police say
Police said the youth was tracked by a police dog and arrested.