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PublishedJuly 19, 2022
Christine Flowers: January 6 hearings are not Watergate
I was 11 during the summer of 1973 when the Watergate hearings were televised. The memory is still very clear in my mind, and it was a watershed moment for a young girl who thought her country was perfect. It clearly wasn’t. Now, almost 50 years later, I am even more cognizant of the flaws […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Bowdoin, math and science alliance receive more than $2.25 million to expand STEM education for Maine preschoolers, Kindergarteners
Funding was awarded to support a collaborative project by Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and Bowdoin College
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
From the Garden: How to plan now for cold-season crops
If you missed out on growing a summer vegetable garden – or are enjoying homegrown produce right now and would like to extend your bounty — it’s time to start planning. In most temperate regions, the window of opportunity for growing cool-season crops is opening. Take advantage, and you’ll be positioned to harvest vegetables long […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
The Recycle Bin: Changing waste, recycling rules at the state level – a primer
Our local citizens were very successful in driving local government to make the move from landfilling trash to sending it to ecomaine’s waste-to-energy plant. While that was happening, the state of Maine has also been busy with a variety of environmental and recycling rules that will have a direct impact on us all. The moves […]
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Dick Polman: Willfull blindness is no defense when you summon a mob to wreak havoc
At the start of Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing, Liz Cheney sent a critically important message to the Justice Department: “Like everyone else in this country, (Trump) is responsible for his own actions and his own choices…Trump cannot escape responsibility for being willfully blind…He is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child.” Translation: Don’t […]
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
Michael Reagan: Trump 2024 is too risky for Republicans
Donald Trump is out there speaking and drawing fired-up crowds in places like Illinois. It’s obvious that he’s still the most popular figure and dominant force in the Republican Party. But I’m worried that despite his lasting popularity among most Republicans, he’s a liability to the GOP’s chances to retake the White House in 2024. […]
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
Giving Voice: Brunswick drop-in center a place where dignity is preserved
As I reflect on The Gathering Place’s early days, I fondly remember so many unique and wonderful people I now call friends. In the early years, those of us working on this unnamed project began to define what characteristics we wanted it to embrace. Words like community, respect and hospitality were put forth. Fostering mutual […]
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
Susan Collins: Wood pellets – An opportunity to lower heating costs, support Maine’s forest products industry
With inflation at a 40-year high, the soaring cost of virtually everything, from groceries to gasoline, is a growing crisis. The skyrocketing price of energy in particular is causing hardships by straining family budgets and increasing costs at every step of the supply chain. Mainers are also concerned about the rapidly rising cost of home […]
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
Gordon Weil: Has America lost its ‘shared values’?
A president sets the IRS on his ‘enemies’ – my story
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PublishedJuly 15, 2022
David Treadwell: A reflection on pilgrimages
In 1985, I spent an intense week of bioenergetic psychotherapy on the island of Porto Heli in Greece. I shared the experience with 25 other people, half of whom were psychotherapists who specialized in bioenergetics. There were only three Americans, two women plus yours truly. I was wrestling with personal and career issues at the […]
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