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Intertidal: Gefilte fish a traditional example of minimizing food waste

by Susan Olcott Intertidal April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

There are many ways to eat fish, and grinding it up whole does not sound particularly appealing. But gefilte fish, which is, in essence, a whole ground fish, is one of the traditional foods served during Passover, which starts at sundown Wednesday, April 5. Long before I developed my deep fondness for all things fishy, […]

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Your Land: A memory links art and Earth Day

by Sandy Stott Your Land April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

This Earth Day column begins with the lingering imprint of a meeting a long way from home, even as it will end with an Earth Day opportunity brought to us by the Cathance River Education Alliance and the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. It’s a cold March day in Asheville, North Carolina, where a weather front has […]

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$50 million Brunswick-Topsham bridge replacement expected to start this spring

by Jason Claffey April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

The Maine DOT awarded a $50 million contract to build the bridge to a Woolwich-based contractor.

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Brunswick municipal budget plan includes 12% spending hike

by Jason Claffey April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

When combined, the proposed school, municipal and county budgets would increase property tax rates by 7.4%.

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Danny Tyree: Planning a post-Easter hiatus?

by Danny Tyree Guest column April 4, 2023April 3, 2023

Right now, the land echoes with songs such as “Power in the Blood” and “Because He Lives,” but past performance assures me that the ditty waiting in the wings is (apologies to Alice Cooper) “God’s Out For Summer.” Yes, countless people (whether unchurched or nominally religious) are counting down the days until Easter goes hopping […]

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Dick Polman: ‘How is this still happening? How are our children still dying?’

by Dick Polman Guest column April 4, 2023April 3, 2023

Put your hands together for gun reform activist Ashbey Beasley, an anguished mom who showed up uninvited on Fox News the other day. She stormed within camera range and raged common sense to the viewers who’d probably tuned in for the usual brain-dead propaganda. She and her son had survived last summer’s massacre in Highland […]

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Bath Savings announces homebuyer assistance opportunities

by The Times Record April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Bath Savings has been selected to participate in two home-buying assistance programs, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s Housing Our Workforce program and Equity Builder Program, for which the funds are now available. Housing Our Workforce provides assistance to financial institutions to help local homebuyers earning more than 80% and up to 120% of the […]

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Brunswick project wins 2023 Maine Preservation Honor Award

by The Times Record April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Portland-based Barba + Wheelock Architecture received a 2023 Maine Preservation Honor Award for their contributions to the Lemont Block project. The firm was recognized for their leadership role in the three-year restoration project that brought the 153-year-old, largely vacant building back to its former glory in the heart of Brunswick. Barba + Wheelock’s team revived […]