This week I dug up an amazing – and scary – radio commentary my father delivered on Sept. 1, 1976. It was one of about 600 weekly nationally syndicated commentaries he wrote on yellow legal tablets during the late 1970s. It described how he had decided what to say in “a letter to the future” […]
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From the Chamber: What our local candidates get right
Last week, I met many of our local candidates running for positions in the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Over the last five business days I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing a handful of them one-on-one over Zoom, with another seven or eight interviews lined up for later this week. Side note: […]
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Brunswick High reports decline in vaping following flavored tobacco ban, but there might be other reasons
Fewer Brunswick High School students have been caught vaping this fall, but some teens remain hooked on nicotine, according to administrators.
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Danny Tyree: Does Halloween candy trivia drive you crazy?
Perhaps it’s partly because my mother owns a huge antique desk from Milky Way Farm (the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies), but I pay keen attention to the annual flurry of “filler” news items about Halloween candy. “Prices up or down? What’s hot and what’s not? Should I call my […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A surf-and-turf on the Penobscot River Trails
The Penobscot River Trails in Grindstone consist of 25 kilometers of exceptional mountain bike and cross-country ski trails that parallel the East Branch of the Penobscot River. The superb multipurpose recreational complex offers hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and paddling. There is a visitor center and two arguably palatial warming huts. A well-designed hand-carry canoe-kayak […]
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Letters to the editor: Bottle redemption; power push; election endorsements
Broken bottles Maine’s bottle redemption law has driven me to the brink; or should I say Clynk? For the most part, it has functioned as designed and kept beverage containers out of landfills and off the side of our roads. For quite some time it was relatively easy to return and redeem the empty containers […]
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The Conversation: Experts grade social media on readiness to handle midterm election lies
The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media companies have experience identifying and countering misinformation. However, the nature of the threat misinformation poses to society continues to shift in form and targets. The […]
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Harpswell charter school hunts for ways to reopen even as it plans its closure
Two weeks after the Maine Charter School Commission decided not to renew Harpswell Coastal Academy’s charter, school leadership is beginning the complicated and untested closure process, even as it searches for routes to reopen.
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Football: Mt. Ararat rolls past Yarmouth for 7th straight victory
Eagles secure the No. 1 seed in the eight-man Large School South playoffs.