BRUNSWICK — For the past year and a half, Nikaline Iacono has been sourcing vintage glassware from yard sales, auctions, and almost anywhere else she can find it. She then re-sells her finds – which range from 1930s cordial glasses to 1980s sailboat mugs – online. Starting next month, however, she is taking her thrifty tendencies past […]
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Love Local: Two couples chosen Valentine’s Day Date Night winners
Congratulations to Mike Gaudet and Kim Wessel, and Clare and Russ Shumaker.
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Harpswell puts brown tail moth study before Town Meeting
HARPSWELL — As spring approaches, voters will have the opportunity to approve new research on the local browntail moth population. According to a draft warrant article for Town Meeting on March 10, voters will decide whether to allocate just over $9,500 for the University of Maine to conduct studies on browntail moths, and ways to naturally […]
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Support Meals on Wheels funding legislation to serve food insecure seniors
The state-funded program provides thousands of seniors with much-needed meals each year.
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Another View: Wake up to liberal bullying and stop pretending
“You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep,” says a Navajo proverb. After seeing the sad, offensive spectacle of Democrats playing Easter Island statues at the State of the Union address (SOTU), even 75 percent of CBS viewers were finally awakened. The remaining 25 percent are pretending. Alarms were ringing long […]
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A Taste of Italy
Italian Country Vegetable Soup and Tuscany Buns can warm you on even the coldest of winter days.
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Letter to the editor: Lent is a perfect time to abstain from animal products
February 14 marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, when Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. The call to abstain from eating animals is as current as the teaching of evangelical leader Franklin Graham, yet as traditional as the Bible (Genesis 1:29). […]
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Commentary: Suckers or Incompetents?
It’s been a busy time in Augusta. Politicians have been working overtime to thwart the will of Maine voters. Various ballot measures passed by Maine voters in 2016 have been stymied by the legislature and or Governor Paul LePage. Those measures include ranked choice voting, which has run head-on into politicians’ keenest instinct: Self-preservation. And […]
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Brunswick Council considering overnight parking for vendors at Town Mall
Currently all vendors must leave the mall by 10 p.m.
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Love Local: Two couples chosen Date Night winners for Valentine’s Day
Happy (day after) Valentine’s Day! I hope you let your heart-light shine with intention, devotion, and compassion on someone or something you love yesterday. It’s OK if that’s a pet, child, friend, or project. Love is love, after all. Why limit it to romantic partners? If you didn’t, because you believe you don’t have someone […]
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