SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A host of Maine’s first marijuana themed radio show says he hopes it educates listeners and breaks down the stigma surrounding pot. The Portland Press Herald reports “Cannabis Connection” debuted on WFMX last month. Medical marijuana shop owner Dawson Julia and on- air personality Chris Rush host the program, which airs Mondays […]
2018
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Funding secured for ferry upgrades
PORTLAND (AP) — Officials have figured out a way to fund $2 million in upgrades to the terminal that houses a ferry service between Maine and Nova Scotia. The Bangor Daily News reports Bay Ferries Ltd. CEO Mark MacDonald announced Wednesday the company and Nova Scotia’s government would pay for most of the work at […]
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Rescuers use cell phone coordinates to rescue Maine hiker
NEWRY (AP) — Authorities say searchers rescued a hiker who lost his way on a trail in rural western Maine. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says 29- year- old Thomas Dilger of Worcester, Massachusetts, used a mobile phone to call for help Wednesday. He lost his way on Grafton Loop Trail in […]
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Art Works
Morse High School alumnus Allen Commeau did an incredibly noble thing this week. Commeau, Class of ‘62, is donating $50,000 to create a Music Enrichment Fund at the school for scholarships to current music students to attend summer youth music schools as well as to expose students to other musical organizations, including the Portland Symphony […]
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Time for Action on Outages, High Bills
The news is full of reports about skyrocketing electric bills across the country and numerous outages in the Northeast. Maine gets its share of both. Something is wrong when the complaints occur as often and as loudly as they do now. Utilities and their friends have come up with ready responses that squarely place the […]
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The Making of an Oyster Company
This is a story about two good men who have a very cool dream, one in which everybody wins. Let me explain. Brunswick native Doug Niven has spent his life on the water. “I hauled traps when I was only about eight or nine years old. Because of regulations I had to take along a […]
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The Other Sunday River
When Sunday River is mentioned, I suspect most people think of the ski resort. Not me. Instead, the mountain Sunday River Whitecap immediately comes to mind. Sunday River Whitecap is not part of the collection of mountains that constitute the ski resort. Rather, it is located on the opposite side of Sunday River Valley about […]
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Service Above Self Applies Internationally
March came in like a lion for this Brunswick Rotarian. I am a retired music teacher, led by my membership in Rotary to a whole new “career” and set of interests. The last week of February found me pursuing Peacebuilding through Disease Prevention and Treatment in Coventry, United Kingdom. I joined 500 other Rotarians from […]
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LETTERS
In Support of Activists and the First Amendment Today’s lesson (and it is a hard one): I have worked at BIW since 1986 and I love my job, but I worry about its future. People worry about their jobs and worry about the future of our state and the world in general. And all I […]