When boomertechadventures.com was launched nearly 10 years ago, we identified “three C’s” for our new organization. We strive to be creative, communicate often and contribute to the common good. As educators, our focus has been to use creativity when communicating with students, contributing to their future success. As repurposed baby boomers, each of us at […]
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Intertidal: Shelled sea critter an integral part of purple’s history
Spring is a time of year full of religious significance. There are many different traditions to accompany those holidays. You might think that I would write about seafood and the significance of fish in these spring holidays. But I actually wanted to write about what people wore — or more like what people wore many […]
Freeport high schoolers to compete in Maine Drama Festival state finals this weekend
The Class B championships will be held at Ellsworth High School on Friday and Saturday.
Brunswick officials band together to prepare for arrival of asylum-seeking families
Brunswick schools are hiring more staff and donations are being sought for 60 families from African countries moving to Brunswick Landing.
Bath Iron Works accidentally overpays some employees, works to get money back
More than 100 BIW workers were mistakenly paid an extra $500-$800 — and in one case, $1,000, according to a union.
Q and A: Morse senior Gavin Baillargeon talks about playing baseball at the Division I level
Baillargeon is set to attend the University of Maine in the fall, where he will compete on the baseball team.
Michael Reagan: The crisis of the week is — banking
Banking must have been next on the to-do list of the things the Biden administration is planning to destroy. In two years, President Biden and the wrecking crew of crazies, wokesters and career incompetents he has put into his government have screwed up every corner of America. Everything from the economy and our military to […]
Elwood Watson: Not ‘woke’ enough to understand its meaning
You have to be “woke” to understand it, I guess. Last week, conservative activist and author Bethany Mandel went viral for her screeching response on defining the term woke, which has become the catch-all phrase on the right for everything wrong with our country. During the March 14th edition of The Hill’s web series “Rising” […]
From the Chamber: Do you have a top-10 destination?
We need your help! Let me start at the beginning, so you know why I need your help … When I arrived at this chamber of commerce in 2016, after being the Skowhegan Area Chamber executive director for over nine years, I found this chamber created a guest guide called the Allure of the Coast. […]
The Conversation: Worst bank turmoil since 2008 means Federal Reserve is damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t in decision over interest rates
THE CONVERSATION — The Federal Reserve faces a pivotal decision on March 22, 2023: whether to continue its aggressive fight against inflation or put it on hold. Making another big interest rate hike would risk exacerbating the global banking turmoil sparked by Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on March 10. Raising rates too little, or not at all as some are […]