BATH — To secure a fourth and final term representing House District 52 in Augusta, Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath, must fend off a second challenge from Republican Bil Weidner. Weidner, of Washington Street, is a U.S. Navy veteran who served on a destroyer built in Bath. He is a member of VFW Post 7738, and […]
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Brunswick voters to weigh regional school service center
BRUNSWICK — Voters on Nov. 6 will decide whether the School Department should join a regional service center with nine other districts. Three seats on the Town Council and three on the School Board will also be on the ballot. The town’s only referendum question will ask residents if they “favor a plan” to join the […]
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Educate Maine gets national award
PORTLAND — The work of Educate Maine is being recognized nationally for bringing the state’s educators and business leaders together to ensure Maine has a well-educated and qualified workforce. Educate Maine is this year’s recipient of the Friend of Education, which is awarded by the National Association of State Boards of Education. The award is designed […]
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Burt and I
Well, Burt Reynolds has left us, and I never got the chance to go out with him as I’d hoped. A simple dinner was all I wanted, just to joke around with him, to hear his weird high-pitched laughter, to hear him tell me all his secrets, to discuss the famous folk he hung around […]
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AMHI Memorial
My great-grandfather was part of a sad statistic: he was one of 11,647 people to die at the Augusta Mental Health Institution. After suffering a brain injury while working at Bath Iron Works, he spent the last year of his life in the famous mental institution. Fortunately, he was brought back to Bath for burial, […]
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Maine’s Tree Growth Tax Program: A Win-Win
In 1972, the Maine Legislature enacted the Tree Growth Tax Law to promote better forest management and to encourage landowners to retain and improve their holdings of forestland. According to the law, all registered forestlands are taxed based on their productivity. This means the property value of forestland enrolled in a bonafide tree growth plan […]
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Bearse Allen Preserve
Photos by Phil Di Vece The kiosk marking the Bearse Allen Preserve. The trail leading into the preserve. BRISTOL — Testing your knowledge of trees is part of the fun in visiting the Bearse Allen Preserve, a part of the Pemaquid Watershed Association. Located in the coastal community of Bristol, the 40-acre preserve features a […]
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On antimacassars and ottomans
The furnishings we creatures live with, use and own can be very odd indeed. They can look, feel and even smell peculiar and often can be very oddly named. Like antimacassar, for example. As I was growing up in a world embellished with antimacassari, I just could never connect that word to those things lying […]
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A Stellar Picnic
How I love a good picnic. September is the perfect time to go exploring, so whether you favor a walk on the beach, hiking, biking, kayaking or a drive to your favorite orchard, all these activities are just a stone’s throw away. I have the perfect lunch to make your little sojourn a true holiday. […]
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9/11 rediscovered: Memorial at Topsham high school gains new visibility
TOPSHAM — It was a sunny Tuesday on a late summer morning. Chris Chapman’s ceramics class at Mt. Ararat High School was drawing shells when the visual arts teacher was advised to check the news. The haunting image of two planes crashing into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers seared into her mind that morning, […]