After 24 years, it looks like Maine will finally get a new license plate, with the “chickadee plate” will retired, beginning in 2025. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows presented the plan for almost two hours before the Legislature’s Transportation Committee last week, and it was a skillful performance. Bellows had satisfactory answers to almost all […]
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Environmental stewards say no compromise on Hedgehog Mountain bike plan
A month after the Freeport Town Council asked the Conservation Commission to search for a compromise that would allow a planned Hedgehog Mountain bike trail system to move forward, the commission unanimously decided Tuesday evening that it would not amend its recommended prohibition on bikes on the mountain’s summit.
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In wake of resignations, newly appointed Topsham school board member is ready to get to work
Kim Pacelli of Topsham was appointed to the SAD 75 School Board on an interim basis on Feb. 16 by the Topsham Select Board. She will serve the remaining nine months of Nancy Chandler’s three-year term after Chandler recently resigned.
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Police search for two missing Topsham women
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Topsham women who didn’t return from a Tuesday trip to the Maine Mall. Kimberly Pushard, 51, and Angela Bussell, 50, both suffer from intellectual disabilities and became disoriented when trying to find their way home, according to police. Family members called Topsham police at 1 a.m. […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Learning about artificial intelligence, Part I
“I don’t want to insist on it, Dave, but I am incapable of making an error.” – HAL 9000, the sentient computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey” Over the past month, I have begun to feel as if I am living in a science fiction novel. AI, or artificial intelligence, is generating poetry, creating images […]
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The Conversation: The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
THE CONVERSATION — For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream. In 2022, the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to 7% for the first time in more than two decades. The median sales price of existing homes climbed to a record US$416,000 while demand for mortgages dropped to a 25-year low. Experts forecast a turnaround in 2023, predicting […]
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The Conversation: How vinyl chloride, the chemical in the Ohio train derailment and used to make PVC plastics, can damage your liver
THE CONVERSATION — Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver. It has been shown to cause liver cancer, as well as a nonmalignant liver disease known as TASH, or toxicant-associated steatohepatitis. With TASH, the […]
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C South girls basketball: Hall-Dale races past Richmond
Hayden Madore leads the way with 28 points for Bulldogs.