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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Giving Voice: The spirit of Brunswick
I was born in Brunswick, went through the town’s public school system, attended Bowdoin College, and am now raising my three children here. I love this town. Growing up, neighborhood friends of my parents acted and felt like aunts and uncles. My classmates’ moms and dads would bring over lasagna dinners if someone in the […]
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Daniel Kany: Brunswick’s ‘Many Stitches’ mural is more harm than charm
I was alarmed and extraordinarily disappointed to have learned about the large-scale mural that is slated to go up on Fort Andross in Brunswick. I certainly have nothing against murals. We have great ones in Maine. The South Solon Meeting House is a high point of American fresco. The Portland Museum of Art and the […]
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
Phil Kerpen: More debt without spending reform is dirty
Before Republicans agreed to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker House, a handful of his colleagues demanded the implementation of a fiscal framework to rein in federal spending. The threat of spending reduction has launched a full debt ceiling “default” panic. The spending interests are trying to cast conservatives as unreasonable and spendthrift Democrats as saviors of […]
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
Woolwich teen honored at State House
Natalie Emmerson is a Morse High School student selected to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate Youth Program
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
School Notes
Bath Middle School – Trimester 1 Honor Roll Grade 6 High Honors: Liam Barrett, Tichon Chipman, Parker Clark, Annabella Cobb, Lucas Desmond, Josephine Dunn, Parker Finnemore, Jane Jungbluth, Emmanuella Karambiri, Lea-La-Reine Kazumba, Alice Lyons, Mark Lyons, Avery Mayer, Alden Perow, Payten Petersen, Jack Poisson, Katherine Rand, Davian Sewall, Alicja Wilk Honors: Blake Baker, Samuel Beaulieu, […]
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
The Maine Idea: ‘Relief’ provided, now we can get down to business
A month after it was put on the docket, the Legislature swiftly passed and Gov. Janet Mills signed a “Winter Energy Relief” bill on its regular opening day, Jan. 4. The $474 million spending proposal, LD 3, was a curious production, about which more in a moment. It was also curious how it became law. […]
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2023
Tom Purcell: Laughing your way to happiness
What makes us happy and fulfilled? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer is very simple: our relationships. “The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying and overall healthier lives,” according to the book “The Good […]
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Gordon Weil: House in chaos, but not collapse
Ever heard of Henny-Penny? She’s back! The children’s tale character was hit on the head by an acorn, concluded “the sky is falling” and set out to warn the king. Along the way she panicked her friends, who followed her, only to be tricked and killed by Foxy-Woxy. Just in time, Henny-Penny heard Coxy-Loxy crow, […]
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Bowdoin International Music Festival receives $200,000 toward student scholarship
The Bowdoin International Music Festival has received a $200,000 endowment fund gift from The Bingham Charitable Trust for Maine student scholarships. The award allows all accepted young Maine student musicians who play violin, viola or cello to attend the prestigious six-week summer institute with full-tuition scholarships. From the time of his youth until the end […]
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Elwood Watson: Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans try the race card
The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal. It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House. In his fatalistic desire to become speaker, McCarthy made numerous concessions to his opponents that have all but promised to nullify any real power or influence he […]
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