Earlier this week, a group of expeditioners set out on a multiday adventure around Casco Bay — not just for fun but as part of a learning journey. This journey isn’t for traditional students either, but instead, is for a group of professionals interested in learning more about the bay. Rather than learn in the […]
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Superintendent’s Notebook: Brunswick schools return with stronger security, new staff
After a quiet summer, the halls of our schools are again bustling with activity. The start of a school year is always an exciting time as students reconnect with friends, meet new teachers and begin the next step in their educational journey. While the students were enjoying their summer vacation, the Brunswick School Department used […]
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From the Chamber: Just the facts
As we head into another election season, with candidate interviews, debates and the never-ending slew of candidate commercials inundating our airwaves, we the voters will be trying to get all the information possible and, in a perfect world, all of the true information. Facts have never been more important and, at the same time, harder […]
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Pet Prattle: When the pets we love don’t get adopted
All kinds of pets come through animal shelters. Young, old, large, small and everywhere in between. We see purebred pets, mixed breeds and Heinz 57 types where you couldn’t sort out their lineage without running a DNA profile. We get pets who run the behavior gamut from highly social to independent to genuinely feral. There […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Biking the trails of Roosevelt Campobello International Park
My wife, Nancy, and I were recently part of a large group of Mainers who spent several days camping at Herring Cove Provincial Park on Campobello Island in New Brunswick. For most of us, sea kayaking the rugged island coastline was our primary focus. However, Roosevelt Campobello International Park offers a variety of biking and […]
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Stories from Maine: When Bowdoin College students revolted against Joshua Chamberlain
On Aug. 29, 1871, just two decades after his matriculation as a student, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain returned to Bowdoin College as its sixth president, and he had many plans to renew and revitalize the liberal arts college. Once seated, Chamberlain’s proposal included admitting women to the all-male institution, creating an engineering school and reforming the […]
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Intertidal: Best ways to learn those complicated fishing rules
There are so many more types of fish out there than most people know. And one of the most common ways of discovering some of the less typical fish is to pull one up on a line. Recreational fishing is a big industry in Maine, where there are numerous waterways, both salty and fresh, that […]
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Your Land: The votes are in!
Yes, the election season nears, but I’m not talking about those votes, ones we hold close, or sometimes make with noses pinched against the scent of politics. No, I’m thinking here about neighbors, fellow creatures, who, in their daily rounds, are always selecting, in a way, electing the places they value. On a recent summer-thinking-about-fall […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Kayaking during the Campobello Fog Fest
Campobello Island in New Brunswick is located across the International Bridge from Lubec. Its rugged spectacular coastline seems like a continuation of the Bold Coast, which extends north from Cutler to West Quoddy Head in Lubec. According to the book “Moondoggle,” were it not for a historical happenstance, Campobello would likely be part of the […]