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Ruralist Lament: Highway 2 (Climate) Hell

The growing season was a slog. Again. Southern Maine was hot and very dry. Last year it started dry but turned wet. Too wet. The year before, drought reigned. The old saying in New England goes; “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.” But when you add days, weeks and years of extreme […]

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Thornton Academy announces Honor Roll for first quarter

Class of 2023 First Honors Daniel Abbott, Punnisa (Mint) Amornsirikul, Jordan Anderson, Madisyn Ayres, Amelia Benoit, Madelyn Berlin, Alexis Bernier, Carlotta Boffa, Aaron Bove, Damian Bracy, Amelia Bradford, Braden Camire, Emma Campori, Emily Coleman, Sarah Colley, Tyler Cote, Owen Critchley, Igor Cubits Kyrillos O Capela, Elise Cyr, Jasmine Day, Tianyi (Charles) Deng, Ty DeSimone, Rose […]

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Obituary: Jeanine Post

Jeanine “Nini” Wortman Post, 90, passed away peacefully on Oct. 9, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Nini was born in Lewiston, Maine, to John and Ardis (Woodard) Wortman and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts, then graduated high school at Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine. During the summers in high school, she worked in Old Orchard […]