According to the Maine Department of Transportation, there were 85 car accidents caused by speeding in Lincoln County in 2022.
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From the Chamber: January 10 x 100 — 10 relevant business updates to start 2023
It’s time once again for another edition of 10 x 100. Every four to six weeks, instead of a one-topic column, I’ll give 10 updates on business matters in 100 words or less. Feel free to contact me at the Bath-Brunswick Regional Chamber office if you need more information on any of these updates. Here […]
Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Phenomenal views on Rumford Whitecap
There’s a good reason why I keep returning to Rumford Whitecap Mountain in North Rumford. Enjoying wonderful views is my favorite part of the mountain hiking experience. The panoramic vistas from the extensive Rumford Whitecap ridge top are simply unparalleled in western Maine. The 360-degree views of the surrounding mountains and valleys from the summit […]
Dick Polman: False equivalence cops on the Biden classified documents case
When news broke the other day that President Biden’s lawyers had found a few documents with classified markings in a think-tank office he once used, we all knew that MAGA’s false equivalence cops would spring into action. Their predictable message, aimed primarily at low-information nitwits: Trump is innocent because he and Biden did the same […]
Michael Reagan: Cleaning out Joe Biden’s dirty garage
Don’t worry, America. Big Media will never let Joe Biden get away with illegally taking classified documents from the White House in 2016 and stashing them at his office and in his garage next to his Corvette. The ace reporters at liberal places like the New York Times, CNN and NBC are already digging deep […]
Brunswick’s Sweetser clinic receives $4 million grant to expand services
A $4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will allow Sweetser’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Brunswick to expand its mental health and substance use services, the organization announced Thursday.
Midcoast CA$H offers free tax preparation in Bath and Wiscasset
Midcoast CA$H, an initiative of United Way of Mid Coast Maine, is once again providing free tax preparation by IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers to households earning up to $60,000. Volunteer tax preparers help clients receive every federal and Maine tax credit that they qualify for, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and Childcare Tax […]
Patten Free Library announces new Town History Series
The Town History Series is a long-standing Patten Free Library tradition that brings together the library’s member communities to learn about and celebrate each town’s local history. The town of Arrowsic, Bath Historical Society, Georgetown Historical Society, West Bath Historical Society and Woolwich Historical Society each select a speaker to present on an aspect of […]
The Conversation: How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
THE CONVERSATION — U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race. In the protracted battle to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House, Roy, a Republican, nominated a Black man, Byron Donalds, a […]
Bath library hopes to ‘foster lifelong love of libraries’ with new children’s programming
The new programs are designed to promote literacy, curiosity and a healthy sense of competition.