In 1906, Bowdoin College first published “The Offer of the College,” which includes the inspiring words “…To lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends.” Fifty Bowdoin students are currently putting their generous enthusiasms to work for a most unusual common end: Helping prisoners discover the power of their own potential. […]
February 2015
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BY MICHAEL MCMANUS In writing this column about the new film, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” I am breaking one of my most basic rules — not to write about a film unless I have seen it, or a book, unless I read it. However, I am alarmed at the stunning success of a film that […]
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Obama’s plan to regulate internet risks content control
Proponents of President Obama’s 332-page plan to regulate the Internet insist they oppose content control. They even style themselves defenders of free speech. But there is a very serious risk that changing the Internet from an unregulated free enterprise into a heavily-regulated public utility will lead over time to content control. This risk is dismissed […]
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Jeb Lugs Dubya’s Weighty Baggage
Jeb Bush insists he’s not his brother’s keeper, but, alas, he’s stuck being his brother’s baggage schlepper. As evidenced Wednesday during a foreign policy speech, Jeb has the unenviable burden of running for president at a time when painful memories of George W. Bush’s toxic tenure are still abundantly fresh. Obviously he can’t denounce his […]
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FAITH NOTES :
As children grow up, parents reflect: Did we do enough? People said it would go fast, these years of raising children. I was sure they were wrong. Maybe because for many years we homeschooled, or because we had six children, or because our daughter Ruth had profound special needs — but some days dragged by […]
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Saintly smackdown leads to Golden Halo
For the sixth year running, people worldwide are gearing up for Lent Madness, the “saintly smackdown” in which thirty-two saints do battle to win the coveted Golden Halo. “Calling itself the world’s most popular online Lenten devotion, Lent Madness brings together cut-throat competition, the lives of the saints, humor and the chance to see how […]
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Celtic evening prayer service begins Sunday
BRUNSWICK — Sometimes it is the ancient practices of the Christian faith which touch the lives of modern people. Beginning Feb. 22, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be offering “Risky Journeys: Celtic Evening Prayer Inspired by Brendan the Navigator (c. 486-575).” St. Brendan the Navigator is one of the best loved of all the Celtic […]
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Edward E. Sewall
BRUNSWICK — Edward E. Sewall died on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at Maine Medical Hospital in Portland after complications from surgery at the age of 56. He was born in Brunswick on April 12, 1958, the son of Frances L. Courson and Thomas A. Sewall. He attended Brunswick schools in which he graduated. As a […]
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Edythe Nolan
BRUNSWICK — Edythe Nolan, 86, passed away peacefully on Feb. 16, 2015, at Horizons Living and Rehabilitation Center in Brunswick, Maine. Edythe was born in Vinalhaven, Maine, on June 28, 1928. She was the daughter of Kenneth and Alice Hall. She was married to Malcolm Whittington, also of Vinalhaven, and later in her life to […]
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Paul A. Crocker Sr.
BRUNSWICK — Paul A. Crocker Sr., of Brunswick, Maine, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at the age of 78, after a long illness. He was predeceased by his parents Beulah and Beltran Crocker of Woolwich, Maine, his second wife, Darla Crocker of Liverpool, NY in 1983 and his older brother Richard Crocker […]