Bowdoinham residents voted 131-116 in favor of leasing the Recycling Barn instead of building a new public works structure at a June 15 town meeting.
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Topsham cycling community builds momentum
Topsham’s Select Board approved the creation of a new Bicycle Pedestrian Committee Thursday, just two weeks after the opening of a new pump track outside the town’s transfer station off Townsend Way.
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 […]
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 […]
Football: In setback, Brunswick takes important step forward
Despite loss to Mt. Blue, Dragons show foundation for a rebuild after program was shut down last fall.
Local roundup: Richmond girls soccer team shuts out Rangeley
Morse soccer squads pull out sweep of Medomak.
Field hockey: Winthrop perseveres, fends off Lisbon
The Ramblers shut out the Greyhounds in a rematch of last year’s Class C South final.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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