MT. ARARAT MIDDLE SCHOOL 4TH QTR HONOR ROLL Grade 6 High Honors: Alyssa Brendon, Gabrielle Chase, Sarah Gray, Aidan Greenleaf, MaKenzie Johnson, Hanna Killion, Julie Miquelon, Nicholas Spencer, Paige Swanson, and Rose Tuttle Honors: Jamie Appel, Anna Bailey, Isaiah Baker, Nelson Balboni, Nina Beattie, Angeline Beede, Kasey Bergeron, Fiona Borchers, Isabella Brady, Jacob Cardella, Cora […]
2018
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LePage: Free state park admission a way thank Mainers
Gov. Paul LePage has signed a financial order that grants Maine residents free day use of most state parks and historic sites beginning Saturday and running through Labor Day. The governor, in an announcement Thursday, said he took the action to recognize public support for Maine State Parks, which have collectively seen record attendance. “Maine […]
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Sighting of rare hawk draws eager birders to Biddeford
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Bird lovers are driving from hundreds of miles away for a rare chance to see a species of non-native hawk in southern Maine. Maine Audubon naturalist Doug Hitchcox says the great black hawk might be the most unusual bird identified in the state in decades. It was seen in Biddeford Thursday. The […]
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Exploring Eagle Island
HARPSWELL Will Phillips and Rear Adm. Robert Peary have at least one thing in common: They have both explored places not seen by most people. Peary, a Bowdoin College graduate, is credited with being the first person to reach the North Pole, which he accomplished in 1909. Phillips was part of a 1967 expedition that […]
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A modern P.T. Barnum
Will the midterm elections be held in November? Or suspended in the name of “national security” by our wannabe strongman president? I am no longer sure of the answer. We have a president who plans to stage a massive military parade (without tanks) in our nation’s capital at election time, not by citizen soldiers but […]
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New third party now a reality
“Where you stand depends on where you sit.” Rufus Miles, a federal official, created this contribution to American political folklore. Because each party’s members in the House and Senate sit together, they usually vote together. He suggested they should be mixed together to promote compromise. Of course, his proposal was not adopted. But his point […]
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A life in golf
“Golf has been good to me,” said Mal Strange, during our recent chat at the Brunswick Golf Club. That’s like anyone else saying, “The air has been good to me,” as golf has infused Mal’s life for nearly all his 84 years. I first met Mal back in the fall of 1960. He was the […]
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The August blues
Make no mistake about the title; this piece doesn’t aim to be a downer. Instead, it suggests celebration of a summer bounty so blue that it supplants the sky. I don’t know if it works this way for you, but when I pick blueberries, even for an hour, it’s as if my eyes have taken […]