MSAD 75 schools need our support Thursday As regular readers of this paper will know, the administrators and teachers of the MSAD 75 school district have been under a sustained pressure campaign for several years by members of the advocacy group “Parents Rights in Education” (or PRIE), which is based in Oregon and was started […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Learning about artificial intelligence, Part II
AI, or artificial intelligence, has certainly been in the news recently. Just Googling “AI in the news” brought up these headlines from the past 24 hours: • Scammers Are Now Using AI to Sound Like Family Members (Washington Post) • How A.I. is Being Used to Detect Cancer that Doctors Miss (NY Times) • A […]
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Men’s hockey: Bowdoin prepares for NCAA Division III tournament
The Polar Bears head to Curry College for their first postseason appearance since 2014
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Brunswick Town Council calls for Frank J. Wood Bridge supporters to stand down
The Brunswick Town Council voted 7-1 Monday evening to adopt a second resolution supporting MDOT’s plans for a new bridge spanning the Androscoggin River.
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John L. Micek: Venus, Jupiter and the humbling reminder of our own place in creation
I was out in my front yard earlier this week, staring up at the night sky, and feeling impossibly humbled by the scale and the grandeur of the universe. In case you missed it, Venus and Jupiter are appearing close together in the western sky in an event called a conjunction, according to CNN. Such […]
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Elwood Watson: ‘Dilbert’ creator shows racial progress still needed in America
It’s been over a week since Dilbert creator Scott Adams was canceled by hundreds of newspapers across the nation, as well as Canada, for racist tirades he unleashed on his own YouTube show. Adams, who is white, suggested that white people “get the hell away from Black people,” referring to Black Americans as a “hate […]
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Learn about fireflies of Maine with KELT
Bath-based Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is hosting a Zoom lecture featuring two firefly experts.
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From the Chamber: Getting unstuck and accepting change
We’re stuck and we need to get unstuck. We’re absolutely doing it to ourselves, and if we don’t come to terms with this sticky situation, it will prevent our growth over the next few decades. At first, this may appear to be a very specific complaint, but it’s much more prevalent than that and affects […]
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Pending Middle Bay aquaculture lease vexes ‘voiceless’ residents
Local frustration around a proposed 17-acre aquaculture lease in Middle Bay exemplifies the frequent communication breakdowns between the Department of Marine Resources and the public.
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Topsham teen becomes first Mainer to complete Junior Iditarod
Mt. Ararat High School junior Tara Crossman is the first Mainer to race in two elite Alaskan dog sled races, bringing home the sportsmanship award after assisting two fellow mushers in distress last month.