Freeport Climate Action Now invites the public to discuss climate change and sustainability at Meetinghouse Arts on Tuesday.
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Freeport Conservation Trust donates 3 state park passes to library
Freeport Conservation Trust has donated three Maine state park passes to the Freeport Community Library for 2023. Residents can check out a pass and enjoy any Maine state park. “The Museum and Park Pass program is instrumental in helping to reduce economic barriers so that members of our community have access to many of Maine’s […]
Learn about the frogs and toads of Maine with KELT
Join the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, of Bath, for a free Zoom lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 30, to learn about the nine types of frogs and toads that call Maine their home. KELT is excited to host Maine Master Naturalist Bryce Hach for this program. Participants will have a chance to learn how […]
Pejepscot History Center and Maine’s First Ship receive funds from Preserving America Grant
Pejepscot History Center and Maine’s First Ship are two of 119 nationwide recipients of the 2023 Americana Corner Preserving America Grant award, which is providing more than $835,000 in funding to nonprofit, cultural organizations across the country for historic preservation and education projects. Brunswick’s Pejepscot History Center and Maine’s First Ship in Bath were the […]
Just a Little Old: Taking measure of Papa Hemingway
I first discovered the emotional power of good writing during my senior year at Bowdoin College. I was in the library reading the last pages of “A Farewell to Arms” by Earnest Hemingway. The novel depicts a love affair between Lt. Frederick Henry, an ambulance driver during World War I, and Catherine Barkley, the nurse […]
Giving Voice: The Gathering Place warming center
With predictions of record-cold temperatures in January, The Gathering Place immediately began planning for those times. How many nights could we be open during a cold spell? How could we pay for it? What were the best hours to be open, and for how many hours at a time? If we divided our open hours […]
Dick Polman: Bracing for ‘Stormy’ weather, right-wing hypocrites hunker in MAGA bunker
As we await word of a seemingly imminent Trump indictment, it has been highly entertaining to hear his defenders twist themselves into pretzels in order to excuse the fact he paid a porn star $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election to hide an extramarital tryst. If Trump is indeed indicted, there will be […]
Peter Ingram: What’s in a name? A look at fun bud names
Have you ever been to a marijuana dispensary and found yourself looking at the most beautiful display “nug” of your life to then see its nametag and it says … Unicorn Poop? Unicorn? Poop? Really?! Who comes up with these names? Why are these strains’ names so silly? I have been working in the Maine […]
Topsham sugar shack gears up for Maple Sugar Sunday weekend
Red Door Sugar Shack in Topsham will open its doors to the public for maple-infused foods and goodies on March 25 and 26.
Student Notes: Morse High School honor roll
Morse High School Honor Roll for Semester 1, which ended Jan. 20. Grade 12, Class Of 2023 High Honors: Dyllan Arsenault, John Arsenault, Gavin Baillargeon, Aidan Beecher, Emma Benoit, Zoe Brush, Maryssa Cavallaro, Connor Dever, Natalie Emmerson, Benjamin Foreman, Riley Gale, Ruth Hart, Haley Jackson, Natalie Kettell, Sophia Kovacs, Jane Ouellette, Elsa Tuexen Honors: Sophia […]