We look forward to it for months. Calendars have been cleared, reservations made, and the anticipation in the house is so high, it vibrates like a chicken on meth strapped to a thirty year-old dryer set on spin. The Summer Vacation Trip is nigh. It’s a time-honored testament to all that is right about America. […]
2018
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When Bowdoin College students cross the endowment line
Right here in Brunswick sits an institution with an extraordinarily vast abundance of resources and seemingly endless amount of funding, that which only a private liberal arts institution can attain. But beyond this very real, yet imaginary “endowment line” exists the growing challenge of homelessness in our community. Bowdoin College, my Maine home, situates itself […]
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A thank-you from The Gathering Place
What a wonderfully generous business community we have in Brunswick! The Gathering Place recently held a Volunteer Appreciation Picnic to recognize the good work of our many dedicated volunteers who are the backbone of The Gathering Place-a day shelter for our friends and neighbors. The volunteers provide the warm welcome and keep the coffee pot […]
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Today in History
Today is Friday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2018. There are 143 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On August 10, 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for treason, and executed.) On […]
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Prosecutors to rest case in Manafort fraud trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Prosecutors are expected to rest their case today against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, after days of occasionally dramatic testimony in Manafort’s bank fraud and tax evasion trial and some testy exchanges with the trial judge. Prosecuting attorneys for special counsel Robert Mueller got a rare, and narrow, acknowledgment from U.S. District […]
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Officials: Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14
KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban tried to overrun a provincial capital in Afghanistan early on Friday, hiding inside homes before slipping into city streets in the night to attack security forces and killing at least 14 policemen before being pushed back, officials said. The overnight attack in the southeastern city of Ghazni, the capital of a […]
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Kavanaugh takes hard line on federal regulations
SAN FRANCISCO Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh worries about federal agencies running amok. He has argued that judges have given federal agencies leeway to push policies that go well beyond what Congress allowed. That view has endeared him to conservatives, who believe unelected bureaucrats are foisting radical regulations on Americans with little accountability. Liberals fear […]
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Some Kavanaugh documents from Bush White House made public, Democrats claim ‘cherry-picking’
WASHINGTON The first documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time in George W. Bush’s White House were released Thursday as the Senate begins to review the judge’s unusually lengthy public record for confirmation hearings this fall. The 5,700 pages from Kavanaugh’s time in the White House counsel’s office were posted on the Senate Judiciary […]
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Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs?
New Jersey’s first Sikh attorney general, Gurbir Singh Grewal, was a target of disparaging remarks recently. Two radio hosts commented on Grewal’s Sikh identity and repeatedly referred to him as “turban man.” When called out on the offensiveness of their comments, one of them stated, “Listen, and if that offends you, then don’t wear the […]
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When Making Do Won’t Do
When the zipper pull for the cotton cover on our living room futon broke, I didn’t know what to do. It was a minor problem. The rest of the cover was in good shape, but without a zipper, the cover bulged and flapped and slipped off the couch. It looked awful. Sewing on a new […]
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