More than a few economists predicted a period of record economic growth would follow the end of the lockdowns associated with the pandemic. It didn’t happen. What America got instead was a period of prolonged, rapidly rising inflation that devalued wages and retirement savings. Now, as USA Today recently pointed out, more and more older […]
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Topsham Fire and Rescue to launch in-home paramedicine with $60,000 state grant
Topsham Fire Chief Chris McLaughlin said the program will be funded by Maine EMS for one year and launch July 1.
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Cost of new Brunswick athletic complex jumps nearly 50%
The Brunswick Town Council approved extra funding for the Midcoast Athletic and Recreation Complex, which will feature pickleball courts and a skatepark.
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Brunswick officials plan carrot-stick approach to affordable housing
A proposed ordinance would require some rentals be priced cheaper and incentivize developers to build more if units are priced affordably.
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From the Chamber: 10 June updates to start your summer
As we head into graduation weekend for Brunswick, Mt. Ararat and Morse High Schools, I figured it was a great time for another edition of the 10 x 100 — 10 updates in about 100 words or less. Here we go: Maine State Music Theatre goes curtains up on June 7 I mentioned the full […]
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Baseball: Morse rolls past Erskine in B South prelims
Shipbuilders avenge two regular season losses to Eagles.
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Michael Reagan: Nixon + Congress = $32 trillion in debt
Context. Perspective. Background. It’s not news to anyone that the major media consistently fail to provide any of those things when covering the burning political issues of the moment. Take, for example, the compromise the House of Representatives and the White House just made to settle the federal budget and debt-ceiling crisis. We know from […]
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Dick Polman: We should feel good about sane adults reaching across the aisle
Put your hands together for sane mature bipartisan centrist adulthood. It’s a whole lot better than apocalyptic bluster. When something good happens in Washington, we should pause to savor it. Case in point is the debt ceiling deal, forged by political foes Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy, to safeguard the American economy and the global […]
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Letter to the editor: More songbirds or more browntail moths?
More songbirds or more browntail moths? Bath is replacing old streetlights with LEDs, as communities have been doing for a decade. Over that time, lighting technology has advanced rapidly. Our understanding of harmful effects from bluer LEDs also increased. In January, a 12-year study in the journal Science demonstrated that light pollution is increasing five […]
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Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn sold to Massachusetts firm
The tourist hotspot known for its food and charming atmosphere was purchased by Giri Hotels, a Massachusetts-based company.