BOWDOINHAM Volunteers of all ages are invited Saturday to join the Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s annual spring cleanup of the Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on Abbagadassett Point in Bowdoinham. The cleanup was rescheduled from an earlier date and is 9 a.m. to noon. It kicks off FOMB’s Outside! 2014 series. Join your neighbors in scouring […]
May 2014
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SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS
Arrowsic CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Town Hall. Bath PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 6 p.m., city hall. CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p.m., city hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick TOWN COUNCIL, Monday, […]
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Prepared for the worst?
If a railroad spilled thousands of gallons of oil in Maine, no one in the state — or in Washington — knows what the railroads would do or if they’re prepared for such a disaster. In interviews with members of Maine’s congressional delegation, each said that’s the reason they are pushing federal regulators to strengthen […]
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SAGADAHOC COUNTY COURTS
The following are cases heard in Sagadahoc county courts between April 16 and April 30 of this year: Jolene S. Anderson, 27, of Bath, guilty of disorderly conduct, loud unreasonable noise, $250 fine; a charge of assault was pled to another charge, for an incident in Bath in June 12, 2013. Noah D. Baker, 35, […]
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The report and the campaign
The long — very long — awaited welfare report from the Alexander Group, tainted by incorrect mathematics in its Medicaid section and serious questions about its objectivity, was finally released in on Thursday after multiple missed deadlines and extensions granted without penalty. The report, which will cost Maine taxpayers $925,000, was largely what most people […]
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“Bigger is Better” doesn’t work in government, world affairs
Chances are you have seen an AT&T commercial on television in which a man gives a group of young kids a simple choice and concludes, “Bigger is better. It’s not complicated.” It’s as if everybody knows that bigger is better, which the man illustrates with swimming pools and cell phone networks. Is there something to […]
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It’s now the Canadian dream
It was in 1931 that the historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase “the American dream.” Yet today the American dream has derailed, partly because of growing inequality. Or maybe the American dream has just swapped citizenship, for now it is more likely to be found in Canada or Europe — and a central issue […]
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Jackie who?
I used to watch the Town Council meetings, and I always thought that Jackie Sartoris made the most sense. As a Franco American who’s lived here all my life — 74 years — I believe the town of Brunswick needs somebody who is passionate about our town, and I could see Jackie really cares about […]
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Supporting Shenna Bellows
I am always surprised when I catch myself thinking of Senator Susan Collins as a moderate. She is a thoughtful and dedicated public servant fond of talking about compromise. Her voting record, however, reveals her true values. She stands with the tea party end of her party much of the time. Just a few weeks […]