For Mainers, some of the current events unfolding in Washington may seem familiar.
Karen Beaudoin
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St. Patrick’s Church Christmas Fair
Fourteen vendors will be at the St. Patrick’s Church Christmas Fair with their unique items perfect for gift giving. The event is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 at 380 Academy Hill Road in Newcastle. St. Patrick’s Church crafters will have many new items available and there will be homemade baked […]
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David Treadwell: A new home for Twice-told Tales
Consider this business model: You pay nothing for the products you sell. You pay nothing for labor. You give people a good place to take their unwanted stuff. Everything you sell makes someone happy. And every dollar you make enlightens people of all ages in your local community and beyond. Twice-Told Tales overseen by the […]
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Gordon Weil: Opioids as Social Security painkiller
Important and worrying truths, even for people far from retirement, are hidden behind in the plentiful advice about Social Security benefits. Some experts suggest delaying the start of taking benefits, because the payments will be higher if you wait, rather than beginning the year you are eligible for full benefits. That could be helpful advice, depending on your assets, but it may be an illusion. The advice promoting delay of benefits is often accompanied by suggestions that it […]
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Community News
Vets’ Day 5K benefits Honor Flight Maine Wells Chamber of Commerce will host its sixth annual Veterans’ Day 5K on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. The 5K run/walk will start and end at the Wells Elks Lodge, 356 Bald Hill Road, Wells. Proceeds for the event will benefit Honor Flight Maine. The first 100 […]
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Ron Chase: The Wild, Wild West
Traversing Ball Mountain Dam on the West River in southeastern Vermont is a serious workout. Carrying a canoe or kayak doubles the fun. Starting at a parking area below the massive dirt and gravel gravity dam, paddlers load boats on their shoulders and ascend abruptly for several hundred feet to the top. The climb is […]
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Letter: Impressed with Twice Told
A couple of friends and I got a “sneak preview” the other day of the Brunswick Library’s used bookstore — Twice Told Tales. We were all very impressed — not only with the layout but also with the brightness of the interior — good sunlight from the front windows and bright yellow walls combined to make […]
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Talk on 19th C same-sex relationship at Brunswick library
Curtis Library will host a book talk with Tilly Laskey about her new book “Precious & Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890-1918,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9. Laskey is co-editor of this collection of letters, published in their entirety, that document almost 30 years of love between two women of […]
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Telephone service for disabled Mainers topic of Nov. 18 forum
Debra Bare-Rogers of Disability Rights Maine will talk about Maine Relay Services, a free statewide service that connects voice telephone users with people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, have a speech disability, or are late-deafened, at noon Nov. 18 at People Plus in Brunswick. Maine Relay Services allows consumers to use special equipment (captioned telephone, TTY, VCO or HCO) and other […]
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Antique appraisal event to raise funds for Durham’s Union Church
The Durham Historic District Commission is an antique appraisal event in Durham 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 9 in the cafeteria of the Durham Community School. The event will raise funds to restore the he Union Church, which was built in 1835 and served as Durham’s Town Hall for many years. The building needs repair The appraiser for this […]