If you weren’t fearful of government before this week, you should be scared to death by now. This is the United States of America. Not Venezuela. Or is it? Never in our history have we gone after a former president the way the partisans running the Biden administration’s FBI and Department of Justice just went […]
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Elwood Watson: Mar-a-Lago and the kerosene right
It shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise that right-wing news media outlets wasted no time stoking the unhinged rage of their MAGA followers last week after the FBI carried out a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The search, authorized by Attorney General Merrick Garland, sent the right-wing echo chamber into overdrive. […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Visiting puffins on Eastern Egg Rock
For several years, I’ve led a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society sea kayak trip to visit the puffins on Eastern Egg Rock in outer Muscongus Bay beginning from Round Pond. The roundtrip voyage is an exacting 16-mile day-trip. This year, I decided to explore an alternative itinerary, preferably camping overnight. Following my research of options […]
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Electric slide: Consumers and government push for more electric vehicles
Maine is pushing to increase the number of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the road from 7,000 to 219,000 by 2030.
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Labor shortage and recruitment topic of annual Small Business Forum
The Mainebiz event is in person Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel.
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Learn how to quick pickle summer vegetables with KELT
Visit the LOCAL Garden in Bath at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, to learn how to quick pickle a variety of garden vegetables.
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Letters to the editor: Progress on burn pits, but where is accountability?
Progress on burn pits, but where is accountability? I applaud Congress on finally passing legislation to deal with veterans’ health issues related to burn pits and their service in the Middle East. It is also noteworthy that they included veterans that had similar issues going back many decades as far back as the Vietnam era. […]
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Teacher retirements and resignations burden schools statewide
As the new school year nears, superintendents are scrambling to find qualified applicants to fill positions, mirroring a recent trend.