I will qualify for Medicare coverage in five years and, much to my surprise, I can’t wait to get government health coverage — because my current coverage is pricey. I recently finished a consulting assignment, which provided me full health benefits. To maintain my health insurance policy through Cobra, I must pay $750 a month. […]
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Douglas Rooks: First, we must disenthrall ourselves
Sen. Susan Collins’ already famous response to Donald Trump’s indictment – “I don’t know what to make of it” – speaks for many, especially the news media. Despite the incessant chatter about the 2024 presidential race – who’s in, who’s out, who’s ahead, what the hourly polls say – the way forward seems cloudy, if […]
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Bath could allow more residents to keep bees
A Bath committee proposed allowing residents to keep bees in urban areas to support local agriculture and the food system.
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Ambulance service could prompt 4% tax hike in Bowdoinham
As emergency services across the state struggle with staffing and financial hardships, Bowdoinham town officials say their hands are tied after their current EMS provider increased its annual rate by $200,000.
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Are you paying technology penalties?
By “technology penalties,” I don’t mean when your computer shuts down, your internet connection drops or a three-paragraph email “disappears” before you could send it. A number of years ago, Professor Royal Van Horn wrote about what he called the technology penalty: what happens when you do something using technology that you could do easier, […]
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From the Chocolate Church: Choir of immigrant children to take the stage
An amazing choral group made up of immigrant children from around the world will delight and inspire audiences at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8. The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus was founded in 2006 by Con Fullam to “restart young lives” by welcoming them to the warmth, companionship and […]
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Q and A: Brunswick senior Elyse Sullivan talks softball, college plans and goals
Sullivan also shares what it’s like to play on teams coached by both parents.
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Peter Roff: Are the regulatory burdens we place on businesses worth it?
It’s budget time again – and the one President Joe Biden proposed is a beaut! Biden’s budget proposal is the kind of thing only a progressive could get enthused about it. It grows the executive branch’s regulatory power, takes total yearly spending to nearly $10 trillion by 2033 (up from just over $6 billion now, […]
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From the Chamber: Darling’s Brunswick Ford and Midcoast Humane honored
Over the next five weeks, I want to share with you the stories of the seven business leaders who we honored on March 10 at our BBRC Annual Awards Night. Our chamber award winners are nominated by their peers for being outstanding supporters of the community. If you’d like more information on these winners, you […]
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John L. Micek: She lost her grandson to gun violence
There is no silence like the silence of a house where a child once was. Marge LaRue should know. Last fall, her grandson, Nicolas Elizalde, was shot and killed outside Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. It came just after the end of a junior varsity football scrimmage between players from Roxborough, Northeast Boys High School, and Boys Latin Charter School. Nick was just 14 years […]
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