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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Kayaking the lower Cathance River

The Cathance River in my hometown of Topsham provides a host of recreational opportunities. The upper sector offers easy flatwater paddling. In the middle is one of the finest coastal whitewater creek runs in Maine, rated Class III/IV in difficulty by the American Whitewater Association. Below a waterfall at head of tide, several miles of […]

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Ron Chase: Kayaking the lower Cathance River

The Cathance River in my hometown of Topsham provides a host of recreational opportunities. The upper sector offers easy flatwater paddling. In the middle is one of the finest coastal whitewater creek runs in Maine, rated Class III/IV in difficulty by the American Whitewater Association. Below a waterfall at head of tide, several miles of […]

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Douglas Rooks: Governors past and present, one more time

It’s Labor Day weekend, the traditional start to the fall campaigns, and New Hampshire Republicans don’t even know who their candidate will be to take on incumbent Senate Democrat Maggie Hassan, running her first re-election campaign. That’s because New Hampshire, like Massachusetts, votes on the last primary date, disadvantaging those not already in office. It […]

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Danny Tyree: How will you celebrate Magellan’s 500th anniversary

When does a 500th anniversary require an asterisk? If you’re a fan of trivia and myth-busting, you’ve doubtless heard umpteen repetitions of “George Washington didn’t really have wooden teeth,” “Napoleon wasn’t short,” “Lemmings don’t commit mass suicide” and “Ferdinand Magellan didn’t sail all the way around the world.” Sure enough, Magellan was killed two years […]

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Gordon Weil: Is presidential power unlimited?

The president of the United States has unlimited power. That’s the extreme theory that former President Trump believes. Reacting to that belief, President Biden labeled “MAGA Republican” philosophy as “semi-fascist.” The basic question is just how much power the president has because of heading the executive branch of the government. If this power has no […]