The three of us here at BoomerTECH Adventures often get asked about the advantages and disadvantages among the three types of Apple devices we work with. The answers aren’t always simple. Interestingly, each of us has gravitated to a different device! Here’s why. Which of your devices do you use the most often and why? […]
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John Micek: Four more children dead, and a nation shrugs
Families in Michigan will set an empty place at the table this holiday season in the wake of the mass shooting at Oxford High School that left four children dead and seven more injured. The deaths at Oxford this week came a little more than two weeks before the ninth anniversary of the Dec. 14, […]
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Christine Flowers: This creepy little elf doesn’t celebrate my holiday
Lately, I’ve started seeing all the usual Christmas decorations, books, gift suggestions, articles, foods and complaints about all the usual Christmas decorations, books, gift suggestions, articles, and foods. Some say they’re too over the top, some say it’s too early, and some say it’s not enough. I’m familiar with all of it, including the promises […]
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Letter: Maine referendums shouldn’t be subjected to big foreign spending
As a Democrat, a Republican and an unenrolled lawmaker, we don’t always see eye-to-eye. But last session, there was one bill we all agreed was of the utmost importance, and that was LD 194, “An Act To Prohibit Contributions, Expenditures and Participation by Foreign Government-owned Entities To Influence Referenda.” The bill initially received broad bipartisan […]
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Guest column: Repressed Nutcracker memories — with real-world political implications
With ballet companies from Maine to California performing their versions of the Nutcracker holiday classic, I recall my first viewing at age 4. It was 1954 — the year the New York City Ballet debuted its production of Balanchine’s Nutcracker. My grandmother (whom I called “Mom-Mom” — Mommy’s Mommy) had two front orchestra tickets. We […]
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Guest column: True leadership was at the helm of Brunswick base redevelopment
One of the things that Steve Levesque, the retiring Executive Director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA), understands about leadership is that great leaders inspire action – they inspire their customers, and they inspire their employees. They do not manipulate or direct people to act. So, what then differentiates inspiring leaders and organizations from […]
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Elwood Watson: Why conservative media didn’t latch on to the Ahmaud Arbery case
More than a week has transpired since three Georgia men were convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. It didn’t take long after the verdict was announced for pundits and legal experts to weigh in on the outcome of the trial, especially the role the predominately white jury played to bring justice in the killing […]
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Guest column: How about a newspaper subscription for Christmas?
My access to news narrowed dramatically when I was 10 years old. My mother’s boss passed away, so I no longer got to peruse his morning paper. And, despite my protestations about prying the funnies from my cold, ink-stained fingers, family budget cuts meant my father could no longer splurge on the evening paper. I […]
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Your Land: A little brook talk
The following column is the 7th in a series about our Mare/Mere Brook Watershed. December 6th’s Brunswick Town Council meeting will include a presentation of a watershed improvement plan from the Mare Brook Steering Committee. The plan recommends ways to attain a watershed-wide Class B stream designation, a significant upgrade from Mare Brook’s current “urban-impaired” […]
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Gordon Weil: Memo to Biden: Political packaging matters
There’s a huge difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. (You knew that.) Last month’s unemployment numbers, reporting the fewest new applicants over more than 50 years, showed the difference. Trump would have trumpeted that news and claimed that it was due to his historic efforts. No matter the truth of his claim, you could […]