I’ve been sitting on this information for a long time, and I am so excited to share it with you now: This fall, in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick, our Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the 1st Annual Haunted Hayrides! The event will be this fall, Oct. 24-25 […]
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When Bowdoin College honored a soon-to-be traitor
In August 1858, one of the most controversial events in local history took place at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, when the institution honored a southern visitor. Although this event was well intended, a historic and nation-shaking storm was brewing, one which would ultimately make this a contentious event. By July 1858, then-Mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis […]
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Property taxes: Mainers need long-term relief, not short-term Band-Aids
Everywhere I go, Mainers are talking to me about property taxes. I hear it from retirees who have lived in the same house for 40 years and now worry they can’t afford to stay. I hear it from young families struggling to buy their first home and are worried property taxes will keep home ownership […]
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Air quality, like the haze from the Canadian wildfires, affects health of our water
“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.” But what if the sky is red at night and in the morning — as it has been recently as a result of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. These very red sunrises and sunsets have seemed somehow ominous — the hazy […]
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Ways to make clean energy cleaner
Clean energy supports a sustainable lifestyle because it is produced from renewable sources like the sun and the wind. However, that energy is not entirely clean due to its reliance on critical minerals. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, “critical minerals” are vital to American economic or national security and possess a vulnerable supply chain. […]
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Searching for sturgeons on the Kennebec River
“The sturgeons are jumping,” my friend, Brent Elwell, reported. He was referring to a recent trip he had taken on the Kennebec River. Paddling the Kennebec is always a pleasure, but doing so while watching the sturgeons jump is an exceptional experience. When I remarked that I’d like to complete a trip on the river […]
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Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Regional Chamber of Commerce celebrates partnerships
Our region is unbelievably blessed to have a collection of nonprofit leaders that I truly believe is unparalleled in the state. Of course, I may be biased in that respect, but that’s how great I truly feel they are. The quantity of our quality is astounding. For a while now I’ve wanted to do an […]
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With works from Portland to D.C., this legendary and prolific sculptor was a Bath native
From the Sailors and Soldiers statue at Monument Square to Longfellow’s statue in Portland and the famed Peace Monument at Washington, D.C., he sculpted some of the most recognizable and celebrated monuments in the United States. And this legendary artist was raised in Bath, Maine. Franklin Batchelder Simmons was born on Jan. 11, 1839, to […]
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Transform your driveway into nature’s rain sponge
During the next heavy rainstorm, watch how water flows on your driveway. Does it cascade into the street carrying oil, fertilizer and debris into local streams, or do you see rainfall puddling, then gently disappearing into the ground? If you can make the decision whether to pave over our planet or install permeable surfaces that […]