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A Bird's Tale
Sanderlings are among the most common birds on Maine beaches during spring and fall, but how many people know that they nest in the Arctic? Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells

 

When you hear the word “Arctic,” what comes to mind?

Is it ice and snow and rocks? Is it polar bears and vast stretches of whiteness?

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'Round Town
Photo by Robert Mitchell

Time marches on as is reflected by…

Joe's Journal
Joe Gelarden

Four weeks to go until the mid-term…

The Boothbay Region Land Trust has…

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Mark your calendars! We have lots of events coming up!

Exercise groups come back to the Center from their summer locations over the next…

Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

If you recall, I last wrote that…

Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

The much talked about storm has…

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Our speaker last week was Kate…

Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
Jeff Foss is retiring after 16 years at the Boothbay Region YMCA. Allyson Goodwin photo

Every record begins with a groove.…

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If you haven't read a classic…

The Knights of Pythias, Lakeside Drive, Boothbay Harbor will host a couple of dances in October.

On Friday, Oct. 2, the Knights will be holding a dance featuring the country and rock music…

A Bird's Tale
Hawks perch where they can best see the prey they are hunting. The authors recently saw a young red-tailed hawk, like the one here, perched on a mailbox at a farmhouse, perhaps hunting nearby house sparrows. Photo by Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, courtesy of Wikicommons.

 

Countless times, we’ve driven past the big, white farmhouse next to the long, red milking barn in the center of our favorite local grassland. But a few days ago, we…

Joe's Journal
Joe Gelarden

This is a note to the suits who quarterback Maine Health.

I know I have been a pain in the tush as I opposed, and will continue to oppose, your decision to close the Miles L & D unit.…

'Round Town
Photo by Robert Mitchell

I flew with Doctor John Andrews and…

It is still green in Sprucewold but…

Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

Tuesday the 22nd officially brings…

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Last Thursday we welcomed and were…

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Mark your calendars! We have lots of events coming up! 

Just in time for the new Medicare enrollment period!  On…

Maine Veterans in Need
Maine Veterans in Need

 

First, going forward, my…

Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
Pictured from left are Caleb Easton, Barrett Hodgdon, Cathy Hodgdon, Tim Hodgdon, Audrey Hodgdon, and Grant Hodgdon in front of the Y’s Harbor Montessori School at morning drop-off. Courtesy of Allyson Goodwin

 

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Community of Hope
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"In the 1970s and '80s, Mainers…

A Bird's Tale
During a recent trip to Pemaquid Harbor, the authors were surprised to see two young ospreys still hanging around a nest - the result of Maine's extended summers? Courtesy of Jeff Wells.

 

Mainers used to love to go on about how short the summers were here.

Not any more.

Climate change has elongated…

Joe's Journal
Joe Gelarden

It doesn’t take much Google time to…

'Round Town
Painting by Allan Walton. Courtesy of Robert Mitchell

When I came to Maine I did not know…

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What would you like to learn? We…

Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

A dearth of birds at the feeders…

It is still summer for a week or so…

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It’s no longer our fathers’ Rotary…

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As we head toward another Maine…

Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
Konstantina Rigas and Maria Santos, workout partners and friends. Courtesy of Allyson Goodwin

One was born here, but her family…

WHERE IT'S AT
Courtesy of the artists

The creative team of author and poet Susan Schadler and artists Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer recently released “Growing Wild: Four seasons of New England and Native Plants and Their Creatures.”…

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An opportunity to help a neighbor:

Our community is rallying to support volunteer Wilma Tatlock following a devastating fire that displaced…

A Bird's Tale
The expansion of red-bellied woodpecker populations into Maine that has taken place in Maine over the last twenty years has been documented thanks to the thousands of volunteer Maine birders who submit their records into eBird and other community science projects. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells

 

In this age of artificial intelligence, satellite tagging technology, automated sound recorders, genetic analyses, and countless other sophisticated science tools,…

'Round Town
Photo by Robert Mitchell

In 1971, freshly graduated from a…

Joe's Journal
Joe Gelarden

Driving around the peninsula, you…

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The Boothbay Region Lions Club was…

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As the nation remembers the events…

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Our Rotary club is so active and so…

Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
Some of the Y’s teens with Youth Programs Coordinator, Adam Taylor, on one of the first days back after school started. Courtesy of Adam Taylor

 

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Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

It’s Friday, Labor Day weekend has begun and the Buzz is due. It’s the equivalent of triple witching in the stock market! Not only that, it is a beautiful day, so it’s time for me to crank out…

And suddenly it is September…

Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

Early deadline for the long weekend…

Drawing by Diane Spofford Randlett

This past week has seen a decline…

Skip's quips
Skip Simonds

What? …

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Promises of fast cash and low…