BRUNSWICK On Friday at 7 p.m., Gulf of Maine Books will present “Armenian Women Writers: Then and Now,” a joint presentation featuring the work of Zabel Yessayan paired with the release of two titles by author Dana Walrath. Presenters will be Judith Saryan, Danila Jebejian Terpanjian, and Dana Walrath. After seeing a documentary entitled “Finding […]
November 2016
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‘These Shining Lives’ in Damariscotta
DAMARISCOTTA For this weekend only at the Poe Theater, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy present the drama “These Shining Lives,” by Melanie Marnich. The play revolves around four young women who went to work in a watch factory in the 1920s, painting watch dials with deadly glow-in-the-dark radium. It’s a story of survival as each […]
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Home from hauling
Eric Emmons of Kennebunkport sails the Two Keepahs into Cape Porpoise harbor Wednesday afternoon. Emmons has been fishing full time since 1988 and part-time while in high school. Fishing with him is John Weiss of Kennebunk. TAMMY WELLS/JOURNAL TRIBUNE
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Good news: Marriage is challenging
I like good news, except when the good news turns out to be false. Recently it has been reported that we have been misled by social scientists for decades about the divorce rate in the United States. Some are writing that the divorce rate has never been close to 50 percent and that the actual […]
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Political civility through ranked choice voting
This political season, more than any in my lifetime, has been defined by vicious personal attacks and a lack of discussion about the serious issues facing our state and nation. Candidates and their most ardent supporters have questioned the character and motivations of their opponents. The assumptions, insinuations, and accusations are dangerous. Serious policy discussions […]
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Thorton Academy board comments need clarification
At a recent Saco city council workshop reported on in a recent edition of the Journal Tribune, there were statements made by Thornton Academy’s board of trustees, Bill Kany, that I believe need clarification. The tuition paid to TA for each student is truly below the state average, but not because of any act of charity […]
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For whom the dweeb trolls
In Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore, a troll is a squat, humanoid creature who lives in a cave and hides beneath a bristly bush of coarse whiskers. They’re mischievous little suckers and are rarely helpful to humans, rather taking pleasure in seeing us upset or besieged by hardship. Kinda sounds like an evil Danny DeVito […]
