Maybe it’s because it was Mardi Gras this week that I was fondly remembering the experience of eating freshly cooked crawfish with my hands, sucking out their meat along with the spicy seasonings in which they were cooked that coated their shells and delightfully tossing their bodies right onto the ground at an outdoor restaurant. […]
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Harpswell launches new website
Last week, Harpswell launched a redesigned town website, which officials say offers style and functionality upgrades at a time when more residents are demanding improved online services.
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Looming winter storm dashes all hopes of an early spring
Maine forecasters predict 8-12 inches of snow along the Midcoast this Thursday.
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Applications open for Brunswick nonprofit’s Tastemakers Initiative
To support and expand Maine’s food production capabilities, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. is offering its Tastemakers Initiative for a fifth time. Applications are open to Maine-based companies that produce food and beverages for human consumption and source from Maine agriculture, aquaculture or fisheries. The Tastemakers Initiative, sponsored by FocusMaine, helps established food and beverage companies in […]
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From the Chamber: Awards Night to honor seven leaders
The Chamber Awards Night has always been something special. It’s a night when the chamber members get to recognize their own as we show appreciation for several individuals and businesses for their support of the chamber and, more importantly, their positive impacts on the communities we serve. It has taken many forms over the years, […]
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The Conversation: 3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today
THE CONVERSATION — Elise, a nursing student at an elite U.S. university in the Northeast, found herself back home and sleeping on the floor of her parents’ one-bedroom apartment after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. It was tough to get a good night’s sleep as family members passed through to the kitchen […]
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Letters to the editor: MSAD 75 leadership; Brunswick Council write-in election
MSAD 75 election In a couple short weeks, at the Harpswell Community School, there will be an election for two of the Harpswell representatives to the MSAD 75 School Board. As someone appointed to a seat on the board last year, I had hoped to run for election to continue that post but find myself […]
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Joe Guzzardi: On President’s Day, Woodrow Wilson and his baseball love affair
U.S. presidents’ love affair with baseball dates back to George Washington, who wrote in his journal that during Valley Forge he “sometimes throws and catches a ball for hours with his aide-de-camp.” Every president since Washington, except Teddy Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge, had a passion for base ball, as Washington then referred to the game. […]
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Collins’ new defense posting could bring more work to Maine shipyards
Sen. Susan Collins’ new role as ranking Republican on the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee will help advance her goal of expanding the Naval fleet, which could mean more work for Bath Iron Works and other defense contractors in Maine.
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The Conversation: The war in Ukraine hasn’t left Europe freezing in the dark, but it has caused energy crises in unexpected places
THE CONVERSATION — Through a year of war in Ukraine, the U.S. and most European nations have worked to help counter Russia, in supporting Ukraine both with armaments and in world energy markets. Russia was Europe’s main energy supplier when it invaded Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin threatened to leave Europeans to freeze “like a […]