Where was the Harpswell coverage? This weekend marked the second time in seven days that the entire town of Harpswell was without power due to weather. Although the storm affected more customers in Harpswell than in any other town in Cumberland County and most were out of service for more than 24 hours, it might […]
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Guest column: After a Brunswick teen’s suicide, how to help others
As many of you may have heard, Brunswick lost a young person to suicide late last week. His loss has been felt throughout the greater Bath/Brunswick community. We are devastated, confused and angry. The times we find ourselves in are some of the hardest any of us have ever had to face. The pandemic continues […]
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Guest column: Lessons from once-stronger places
I’m an optimist. In fact, my wife tells friends that one of the reasons we were attracted to one another was that we were both optimists. But after we got married, she realized that one of us was going to have to become a realist, and it wasn’t going to be me! Yet as I […]
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John Micek: Trump is ignoring a 9/11 worth of deaths a day
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump released a video of himself standing behind a podium in the White House’s Diplomatic Room, where he delivered what he claimed was the “most important speech” of his presidency. The video, released on a day when the United States lost 2,798 people to the COVID-19 pandemic, did not show Trump […]
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Winter high school sports teams begin workouts as coronavirus numbers rise
With practices postponed until January, athletic teams hold individualized skills and drills sessions.
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The Maine Idea: Will Legislature rise to the occasion?
As expected, the convening of Maine’s 130th Legislature on Wednesday was like no other. Representatives and senators spread out all over the Augusta Civic Center – the first time lawmakers have convened outside the State House in more than a century. The Senate filled up the North Wing, and the House occupied the cavernous arena, […]
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Guest column: Midcoast, Maine should avoid Cape E response to winter moths
They are everywhere. You can see them swarming up your trees, floating above the roads and flying into your homes when you leave the door open for just a few seconds. Recently, I traveled to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving, and upon my return home to Harpswell, thousands of them were covering the exterior of my house. […]
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Letter: Honor those who have died by gun violence
Monday, Dec. 14, will mark the eighth anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-six people were killed by a 20-year-old man who then turned the gun on himself and took his own life. For me, I will always remember where I was when I heard the news. I was […]
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David Treadwell: ‘The Short Works of Methuselah and the Maiden’
“Do you know what flash fiction is?” The text from Anneka (“Ani”) Williams, a Bowdoin senior and one of our host students, came from out of the blue. “No, I don’t,” I replied, “what is it?” “Google it and get back to me. Maybe we can work on flash fiction together.” So I did. Flash […]
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Giving Voice: The Gathering Place in the time of COVID
It was March, almost nine months ago, when no one knew much about how to deal with COVID-19. Six of us met at The Gathering Place to decide what we should do in view of what seemed to us — naively as it turned out — would be a short term problem to be sorted […]