From the Chocolate Church: Music of the world at Chocolate Church

Nick McCrea

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April 19, 2024

From the Chocolate Church: Music of the world at Chocolate Church

OneBeat, one of the year’s most exciting presentations at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, is set for May 10, when 25 musicians from 19 countries will gather on the Main Stage. “This will be an exhilarating musical escapade,” Artistic and Executive Director Matthew Glassman said. OneBeat brings together musicians from all over the […]
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April 19, 2024

Gordon L. Weil: Aging leaders lose touch with voters

A marvel of modern politics occurs when a U.S. senator, age 78, urges a U.S. Supreme Court justice, age 69, to step down because she is too old. The senator’s worry is that, like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the jurist will stay on the bench too long, die in office, and allow a Republican president […]
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April 18, 2024

LC Van Savage: Rescue me! Me! ME!

Anybody out there have a problem with people who constantly expect to be rescued? Who are absolutely dead certain they’re entitled to be rescued? I’m not talking about those of us who occasionally appreciate having firepersons save us from our burning homes, or having physicians rescue us from dying of an unpronounceable disease or having […]
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April 18, 2024

Letters to the editor: Candidate endorsements, affordable housing, abortion rights

Guzzetti for Senate Maine needs a nerd with a big heart! On June 11, I will cast my vote for Jean Guzzetti for State Senate. Jean is caring, energetic and fiercely dedicated and committed to deliver for the people she serves. As the mother of two girls in high school and a part-time student herself, […]
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April 18, 2024

Just a Little Old: Just a Little Old marks 500th column

This is the 500th piece I’ve written for the “Just a Little Old” column. When I began the column, I explained the inspiration for the title. Twenty years ago I was at a wedding in Oregon. My 2-year-old granddaughter Emma looked at me and said, “Dee, you’re old!” I pointed to my father, then in […]
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April 18, 2024

Giving Voice: A look at the Gleaners

What is gleaning? It falls into that broad category of words that you kind of know that conjure indistinct images of vaguely familiar activities like, say, glamping, galivanting, larping or loitering. Yes, perhaps you’d know it if you saw it. Or perhaps not. Really, it’s a simple idea betrayed by an overly abstract word, quite […]
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April 18, 2024

The Maine Idea: We’ll not see the likes of Gov. Brennan again

One thing is sure about Joe Brennan, who died last week at age 89 — he was like no other Maine politician, before or since. Brennan was the first governor from Portland (1979-87) since Percival Baxter nearly 60 years earlier, his temperamental opposite — a working class scrapper vs. Baxter’s polished, upper-crust style. Governors from […]
Published
April 17, 2024

Tom Purcell: Take our daughters and sons to grandma’s

“Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” is on April 25th, and I think we should try something different this year: Let’s take our daughters and sons to grandma’s. The Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Foundation says that April 25 is designed to be more than just a career day — […]
Published
April 17, 2024

Dick Polman: Trump’s abortion punt

An adjudicated rapist, who was recently held liable by a jury for physically invading a woman’s bodily autonomy, has now taken it upon himself to opine about how government can control women’s bodily autonomy. Before we even begin to analyze Donald Trump’s announcement of his stance on abortion this week, we do need to stipulate […]
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April 16, 2024

Michael Reagan: Republicans need to unite, not fight

I don’t blame the public for not wanting to put the Republican Party back in power in Washington. As the GOP proved again in the House this week, it’s incapable of accomplishing anything of importance. This week, the big vote was over the reauthorization of a reformed version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — […]

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