PORTLAND Fishermen who make much of their living in Maine’s lucrative baby eel market might see a reduced quota in 2015. A federal panel on Thursday recommended a quota of 9,688 pounds of elvers, also called glass eels, next year. That would be a reduction of slightly less than 18 percent from the quota of […]
October 2014
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Feeding the Hunger
BATH When a child says, “I’m hungry and it hurts … my stomach, my head and how I feel,” it’s time for those of us who can, to say, “Enough.” Many families at the Dike- Newell School in Bath are single parent families. In these economic times, it’s difficult for even two-parent families with both […]
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Camp Sunshine pumpkin festival set for Saturday
TOPSHAM They pierced, sliced and slashed with knives and then reaching in, pulled out handfuls of the stringy, slimy guts. Left in the wake of all the stabbing and sundering that filled the Commons at Mt. Ararat High School Thursday afternoon, were 350 freshly carved pumpkins staring out from the stage, awaiting transport to Freeport. […]
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MEETINGS
Arrowsic SELECTBOARD, Monday 7 p.m., Town Hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, Monday, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Council Chambers, 85 Union St. BRUNSWICK DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., Town […]
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Working Together for the Health of Our Community
As local and national media coverage on Ebola expands, Mid Coast Health and Parkview Adventist Medical Center want you to know the facts about the low health risk within our community and the preparations taking place to ensure residents stay as healthy as possible. Currently, there is an Ebola epidemic in the West African countries […]
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Congressional races no longer local
“All politics is local.” Though he didn’t create that saying, the late U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill of Massachusetts made it not only popular but a law of politics, at least when it comes to congressional campaigns. In the past, local concerns were practical concerns. Would a member of Congress bring home federal contracts creating […]
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Research facts on Question 1
Referendum Question 1 is not about fair hunting or doing what’s best in the interest of Maine Wildlife or Maine residents, hunters, guides or related businesses in regions where revenue from bear hunting and other outdoor pursuits are a significant part of those locales’ economy. The real purpose of this referendum is HSUS’ attempt to […]
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Trust our biologists
The Times Record ran an editorial on the bear referendum where they urged a yes vote to end three methods of bear hunting, which they described as cruel and inhumane. Several weeks later, The Times Record ran an editorial on lobsters and Linda Bean’s problems with PETA. They gave several examples of ways to dispatch […]