BRUNSWICK — A Bowdoin College alumnus who co-founded Netflix has donated $5 million to his alma mater to develop a new college program. The gift from Class of 1983 member Reed Hastings, now CEO of Netflix, goes toward THRIVE, an initiative that will “substantially transform the college experience and improve the graduation rates of low-income […]
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Harpswell Planning Board OKs event venue, oyster plant
HARPSWELL — The Planning Board unanimously approved a modified application for seasonal event venue off Harpswell Neck Road, despite continuing parking concerns from at least one neighbor. The board also OK’d a commercial oyster-packing facility in a wooded area at the end of Bethel Point. The two-story building will include housing for employees of a local […]
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Donation by Netflix CEO creates new program to Bowdoin
The $5 million donation will go toward helping low-income, first-generation, and other underrepresented students.
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Casco Bay, a gathering place both past and present
The more I learn about the Wabanaki history of the bay, the more interested I become.
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Louis Wagner one of the last to be executed in Maine
Wagner’s 1875 execution was for a grisly murder.
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Letter-to-the-editor: Do farm animals merit our compassion and respect?
We are a nation of special observances. There is even a World Day for Farm Animals, observed on Oct. 2 (Gandhi’s birthday). Apparently it’s intended to memorialize the tens of billions of animals abused and killed for food. Like most others, I always thought of farm animals as “food on the hoof.” But when a […]
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Fall is a great time to buy
Many times home prices, like leaves, fall.
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Commentary: ‘SEE’ing equals forgiveness
A few years ago, my employer sponsored a two-day management seminar and one of my take-aways from it was the rapidly spoken: “What we are now is the result of where we were when.” “When” refers to what the presenter called a SEE, a Significant Emotional Event. Most of my SEEs in the last few […]
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Butter knives from hell
We’ve all received a gift that wasn’t wanted or asked for.
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Yarmouth move leaves Bath seeking new city planner
BATH — The city’s former economic development director is now at work in Yarmouth. His departure has led to a reallocation of duties within Bath’s Planning Department. Scott LaFlamme left Bath Sept. 15 and started Monday as Yarmouth’s economic development director. His replacement in Bath will be Bath’s new city planner, a position for which […]