Bowdoinham is incredibly fortunate to have Hutson Hayward running to be our new school board representative. Mr. Hayward is the father of two young children, one in 2nd grade and the other in preschool. Our school board does an excellent job, but needs more parents of young children, like Mr. Hayward. They are most deeply […]

After a long, eventful and strange summer, Labor Day has arrived – an unexpected island of stability in the waning days of the pandemic. When the economy cratered in March 2020, no one knew what to expect. We’d had many recessions, but nothing to match the Great Depression of the 1930s, which shook Americans’ confidence […]

I face a huge responsibility this Labor Day weekend: I’ve been tasked with making my mother’s sacred potato salad recipe. According to “All About Potatoes,” it is widely believed that Germany is where the American version of potato salad originated. The potato, which is native to South America, was brought by explorers to Europe in […]