With 25 years of experience leading schools, new Harpswell Coastal Academy Principal Amy Marx hopes to bring even more project-based learning to the newly consolidated charter school.
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The Conversation: Kansas vote for abortion rights highlights disconnect between majority opinion on abortion laws and restrictive state laws being passed after Supreme Court decision
Kansans overwhelmingly voted, 59% to 41%, to maintain the state’s constitutional right to an abortion in a referendum held on Aug. 2, 2022. The referendum’s result, by which voters made their opinions directly known on abortion, highlights the disconnection between public opinion and restrictive state abortion laws passed by many conservative state legislatures after the Supreme Court […]
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Brunswick opens cooling shelter to combat heat wave
The Brunswick Parks & Recreation Department opened an air-conditioned space to the public from Thursday through Sunday as the Midcoast confronted dangerously high temperatures.
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Versant Power seeks electricity rate hike
If approved, the average customer would pay about $120 more a year, starting next July.
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The Conversation: More than 1 in 5 US adults don’t want children
THE CONVERSATION — Fears about declining fertility rates have come from sources as diverse as Pope Francis and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson could force women to give birth against their wishes, while a recent British editorial even proposed a tax on people without children. Media outlets regularly point out that more […]
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David Treadwell: The falling tower of Trump
Recent denunciations of Donald’s Trump’s behavior during the Jan. 6 insurrection suggest that the noose is tightening on the former president. The Wall Street Journal, the bible for many thoughtful Republicans, minced no words. “Mr. Trump took an oath to defend the Constitution, and he had a duty as Commander in Chief to protect the […]
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Gordon Weil: Maine’s rare election could have national impact
Maine will hold one of the most unusual elections ever. A sitting governor will face the governor who she succeeded. That is a rare event across the country and in U.S. history, though it has happened previously in Maine. But, beyond its rarity, it potentially has national significance. The country is deeply divided between the […]
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Your Land: Blue bounty at Crystal Springs Farms
We all noticed it during spring walks. The leafing-out looked vigorous, promising, and then the flowers came. My inner bear keeps instinctive track of the little white bell blossoms that signal blueberries-in-the-making. Walk here waddle there, in the spring wherever I see clustered white, the site goes into my berry-memory. I’ll be back, I say, […]
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Faced with educator shortage, Brunswick school joins wave of schools hiring from within
Former Kate Furbish Vice Principal Annie Young will take on the school’s interim principal role this year while many other districts struggle to fill teacher, administrator and support staff roles.
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Final summer labyrinth walk is Aug. 11 at Edgecomb Community Church
The final summer morning labyrinth walk on the grounds of Edgecomb Community Church is at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Participants are invited to walk the labyrinth in the field and then stick around for lunch afterward to share labyrinth experiences. Labyrinth walking is an ancient practice used by many different faiths for spiritual centering, […]
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