As a retired school social worker living in Brunswick, I often joke that I’ve not truly retired because I volunteer at The Gathering Place, a welcoming day center for unhoused, at-risk folks — people seeking community — across the parking lot from Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program food bank in downtown Brunswick. It is a […]
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By Bike and Foot: May is National Bike Month
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series about biking and walking in Bath, Brunswick and Topsham, written by members of local bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees. Longer hours of daylight and warmer weather have many of us eager to dust off our bikes and set out on two wheels. On a bike, […]
Gordon Weil: Justice Alito attacks Biden, fellow jurists
In dissenting from the Supreme Court’s procedural order suspending lower court rulings on an anti-abortion drug, Justice Samuel Alito issued an historic tirade. Alito blasted the Biden Administration and fellow justices, while revealing both the ultimate outcome of the case and his extreme judicial partisanship. The case began when a U.S. District Court judge in […]
Midcoast boys tennis preview: Mt. Ararat, Brunswick look to contend in tough Class A North
Freeport, which has a new head coach, should remain competitive in B South.
Dick Polman: Let me tell you a story about Tucker Carlson
I want to tell you a story about Tucker Carlson, the serial liar and useful Putin idiot who has now pulled off the hat trick of being fired by three media outlets: CNN (in 2005), MSNBC (in 2008), and Fox News (this week, without warning). Since nobody with real knowledge has yet surfaced to explain […]
The Maine Idea: Jurors succeeded where many others failed
In the end, it took a civil jury trial – a procedure so unusual many lawyers and even judges were unfamiliar with it – to resolve what happens with the extraordinarily entangled power line to Canada: It will be built. Last week’s unanimous conclusion from nine ordinary Maine citizens in effect reversed the 59% majority […]
Local roundup: Freeport baseball team topples Yarmouth
Falcons score four in fourth in 4-1 win; Lisbon plates 20 in win over Telstar.
New Brickyard Hollow brewpub opening in Brunswick
Brickyard Hollow, founded in Yarmouth in 2017, is opening its seventh location in Brunswick Monday.
From the Chocolate Church: Arts center relies on sponsorships, donations to fill financial gap
It’s all about the arts. But it’s also all about the money. If money from ticket sales was enough to pay expenses, it would seem that the two staff people at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath would have little to do between performances. As with most nonprofit arts organizations, ticket sales usually cover […]
‘We must make changes’: Brunswick students raise awareness of sexual violence
Brunswick High School students gathered to observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month and promote resources for victims.
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