It’s time to play the Big Game again in Washington. It’s time again for members of Congress to perform one of their most important duties. But instead of passing a federal budget for the coming year, the senators and House members will take a knee and pass what’s called a “Continuing Resolution.” A “CR,” as […]
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Local roundup: Lisbon boys basketball rolls past Wiscasset
Levi Tibbetts leads Greyhounds with 26 points.
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With illnesses surging, Midcoast schools urge students to stay home if they aren’t feeling well
A recent spike in respiratory illnesses this month caused multiple schools in Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham to close briefly for cleaning.
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Kayaking Spirit Pond and Morse River
Several years ago, while hiking with a group of friends on Seawall Beach at the end of Morse Mountain Trail in Phippsburg, we came upon the mouth of Morse River on the east end of the beach. A remarkably scenic location: several small barren islands are located just offshore and distinctive Sequin Island and Lighthouse […]
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Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association donates monkfish stew for MCHPP’s Christmas Eve meal
Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, a local nonprofit working to identify and foster ways to rebuild the fisheries of the Gulf of Maine and sustain Maine’s fishing communities, has donated Maine Coast Monkfish Stew to the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program to serve for its Christmas Eve lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24. Maine […]
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The Conversation: Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist
How is it possible to spend so much time with your parents and grandparents and not really know them? This question has puzzled me as an anthropologist. It’s especially relevant for the holiday season, when millions of people travel to spend time with their families. When my parents were alive, I traveled long distances to […]
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9-foot menorah lights up Brunswick for Hanukkah celebration
Chabad of Brunswick will light a 9-foot, public Hanukkah menorah at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Brunswick Town Mall. The community will be joined on the third night of the eight-day Festival of Lights by Maine State Rep. and Brunswick Town Councilman Dan Ankeles and Town of Brunswick Chief of Police Scott Stewart as […]
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$500,000 grant to expand high-speed internet access on Maine tribal lands
As part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration recently awarded a $500,000 grant to the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township in Maine. With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the grant will assist the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township in creating and implementing digital inclusion, distance […]
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Restorative Justice Project announces Midcoast volunteer training
Across the Midcoast, the Restorative Justice Project is building a community-led justice hub in each county lead by local residents and is seeking volunteers. The project’s vision is to collectively construct a new model for supporting each other, forging and strengthening community bonds, and responding to harms perpetuated in local neighborhoods and communities, the organization […]
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Historic Phippsburg giant featured in book ‘Big Trees of Northern New England’
In his new book, New Hampshire boat builder Kevin Martin maps out over 50 trails for hiking, biking and boating to visit some of New England’s oldest and largest trees, including the English linden planted in 1774 at the Phippsburg Congregational Church.