A proposed wood bank from a Brunswick resident is one of several efforts from individuals, towns and legislators to help people cover high energy costs this winter.
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Jase Graves: ‘Let’s take a trip for the holidays,’ they said
For years, I’ve watched friends and acquaintances take family trips during the holiday season to exciting locations like Disney World, Hawaii, Colorado and Cracker Barrel. Until now, my family has been content to snuggle up together at home, enjoying traditional celebrations that involve exchanging gifts, candlelight church services and severe indigestion. But not this year. […]
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Michael Reagan: Ukraine is America’s latest stalemate war
We don’t fight our wars to win anymore. We fight them to get to a stalemate. We’ve risked untold lives and wasted trillions of dollars to poorly fight wars for decades in places like Afghanistan and Iraq and Vietnam. Then we negotiate and leave. And then the countries where we had been at war quickly […]
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From the Chamber: Year in review Part III — where we are and where we’re going
I love the year-end recaps as it allows us to take a step back for a moment and recapture some of those good feelings from a year full of successes. This is our third and final part of our three-part year in review. In the first two parts, we dove into the first two-thirds of […]
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The Conversation: 3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize
THE CONVERSATION — Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to stop the damage from worsening: stop burning fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy, electrify transportation and industry, and reduce the carbon intensity of agriculture. But none of this is happening fast enough […]
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Brunswick animal shelter gets support from local students
Mt. Ararat Middle Schoolers donate $550 to the Midcoast Humane Society in Brunswick.
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Drug- and alcohol-related deaths dragged down life expectancy in 2021, according to CDC reports
U.S. life expectancy at birth slipped for a second straight year in 2021, due in part to increases in drug- and alcohol-related deaths, according to two reports from the U.S. Center for Disease Control.
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Discovering the Seboeis Riverside Trail
In recent years, the Butler Conservation Fund has created two extraordinary outdoor facilities in Maine: Penobscot River Trails in Grindstone and Cobscook Shores in the Cobscook Bay area of Washington County. I’ve had the good fortune to hike the Cobscook Shores trails and have benefited from multiple excursions biking and skiing the PRT. When BCF […]
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Giving Voice: The 3 wise men of Oasis Free Clinics
This is our last Giving Voice for 2022, and while I would usually reflect on what the year was like (unpredictable, full of opportunities, busy, fun, overwhelming, and so much more!), I want to focus on the three men who are transitioning from their official roles at Oasis and how they have changed who we […]
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Mike Vlacich: Making the dream of business ownership a reality into 2023 and beyond
As we wind down the holiday season and 2022, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on a new report released by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) and our Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. As the Regional Administrator for New England, it was my honor to be appointed to this role by the […]