On Earth Day last Saturday, we were reminded that changing attitudes about our environment and renewed interest in the creatures which share our world has made a difference in the…

Mother Nature still has time to throw us a curve and drop some more snow on us before summer, but she can’t deny that signs of spring are everywhere, including  frequent showers…

Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins. In the past couple of weeks, at least one of the Boston teams has been on cable TV sometime during the week. The Red Sox have a long way…

My email blast from Editor & Publisher arrived Tuesday morning with a listing of this year's Pulitzer Prizes for journalism (http://www.…

Good guy/Bad guy. The United States wears both hats, and has for a number of years. No matter what we do, we garner praise from some and condemnation from others. We’re hearing a wide variety of…

Another baseball season has begun.

Ho hum.

For 50 years, ever since the ’67 Boston Red Sox surprised and thrilled New England by making it to the World Series, I have enjoyed…

What has a New York giraffe got to do with us a day’s drive north? Nothing at all, and everything.

For weeks, the pregnant April’s antics and moods captivated online viewers around the…

As soon as Old Man Winter indicates he’s loosening his grip on the Maine coast and spring is finally in the air, lobstermen will begin to rig their traps in preparation for the upcoming…

It appears that it has taken the proposed changes in the Affordable Care Act to put some Republicans and some Democrats on the same side, albeit it for different…

I received several positive comments about last week's column regarding my disdain for long, unsupervised meetings. One of the best comments came in the form of a letter from a long ago…

I am finding that as I get older, I just want to “go with the flow.” I know that meeting with co-workers, family members or group members to plan projects is important for success, but most of the…

Maine folks who favored legalizing the sale and use of recreational marijuana were probably unaware of the problems state and local authorities would be facing. What many of them supported,…

Another storm is forcing this column to be written as quickly as possible in order to get the paper sent to the printer before a possible power outage. Fine with me ... almost lunchtime anyway. I…

We’ll never really understand why folks at various income levels, but more so the very rich, feel compelled to want more and more material things. It’s just human…

Not sure if he gets called that anymore but Tanner Grover knows that I mean him no harm by using it in this column's headline.

Where do I start? Before I forget, thank you, Tanner, for five…

Once in a while, I like to "surf the net," as the old saying goes, to come up with ideas for articles, get informed, or just to prompt a laugh or two.

One of my favorite entertaining and…

Basketball season has come to an end for most Maine high school teams who have played their final tournament game at the Augusta Civic Center. The season-long goal, of course, is to qualify for…

Watching the senior high school basketball players leave the court for the final time is a bit melancholy. They've played their final game, some give each other hugs and, as a fan, you remember…

OK, Midcoast Maine residents, let’s all admit it: We’re spoiled when it comes to dealing with serious snowfall. We’ve had it too easy of late…

Years ago, on our websites at www.wiscassetnewspaper.com and www.boothbayregister.com, I said my future plans included starting a campaign against winter. I have held off, due to the odds against…

Whatever happened to the national Do Not Call list? Everyone is asking these days, with many households being inundated with unwelcome telephone calls telling you you’re eligible for a low-…

On Monday I had the pleasure of talking to an old friend and former competitor while watching a junior varsity girls basketball game at Boothbay Region High School.

Don Brewer, Wiscasset…

Rumble strips are becoming more common on Maine roads and elsewhere as officials make an all-out effort to cut down on accidents. Route 3 here in Maine is the latest roadway scheduled for…

The polls are out — most of the country doesn’t like the New England Patriots.

Listening to a sports radio…

Whenever another environmental issue surfaces — there’s a new one about every day — we can’t help but wonder if Rachel Carson ever really knew the impact she would…

The Women’s March on Washington last week had an impact on communities, businesses, and households across the nation with women leaving behind their usual duties to take part in the historic…

When I took this job at the newspaper back in 1987, I began collecting mementos because I had a feeling I might be here awhile. I used to have an old Bostitch…

I always loved watching David Letterman's "Top 10" bit on the "Late Show with David Letterman," so I think I'll give it a try in this column once in a while.

So here goes. My "Top 10 Work…

As you get older, you tend to reflect on some of the changes you have witnessed in your lifetime, and this week we learned that something which has been around…

I am taking the easy road this morning in this column because I got "it" and I hope you don't. "It" is the flu and it came on fast and furious Tuesday morning and hasn't let up as of Wednesday…

Most of us here on the Boothbay peninsula feel that we dodged a bullet earlier this month when northern and western Maine got hit hard by back-to-back storms leaving behind more than two…

Besides the NCAA's "March Madness," the National Football League playoffs are my favorite sporting events to watch from my recliner. There are four games this weekend — two on Saturday and two on…

Did actress Debbie Reynolds die of a broken heart just one day after losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher? Many folks we know would say the answer is yes. We don’t know how much scientific…

One year ago, on Dec. 27, we lost a co-worker, Mike Scarborough, who died at the age of 59. He was my age then so it really hit home. Even though some of us only got to know Mike for the three-…

With Christmas behind us (just barely) we all turn our attention to getting the budget back on track and accepting the realization that winter is really upon us here in Maine.

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First of all, a very Merry Christmas to friends near and far. There’s no better place to live, work and play than right here and this year, thanks to private homeowners and businesses, the…

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

With our son, Tim, arriving home for Christmas from Nebraska this week, it will be a case of planes, trains and automobiles for him to get here. Thank…

I have been called a Grinch more often than I want to this time of year. It's not that I try to be a Grinch. I love Christmas and everything it means. I think it has something to do with what…

We were disappointed with the outcome of some of Maine’s November ballot questions, including Question 2, which will now require adding a 3 percent tax on individuals with a taxable income…

I've used this headline five times since I began writing this column about a year and a half ago. I guess you could call it a cop out but I don't always feel inspired to write about one topic each…

This week, Americans and others around the world have been recalling and reliving the horrendous Sunday morning 75 years ago on December 7 when Japanese fighter planes carried out their…

Have you noticed the new feature on our websites? If not, take a look at the recent photo galleries and you will see that we've joined the SmugMug team, where you can order reprints of our photos…

Boothbay peninsula residents are continually outdoing themselves, and their latest promotion, the Festival of Lights, is the latest example. When town and Chamber officials first encouraged…

Thirty years ago, there were only a few non-profit organizations here in the Boothbay region. There were the YMCA, Boothbay Region Land Trust, the Boothbay Harbor and Southport libraries, the…

Families all across the country will be celebrating Thanksgiving this week, a day which appears to have surpassed Christmas as the favorite holiday for millions of folks. It’s all about…

Congratulations to all the fall sports athletes at the local high schools. Even though enrollment is down compared to past numbers, both Boothbay Region and Wiscasset still continue to field…

The country’s voters sent a powerful message to Washington this week: We’re not happy with the way our government is being run, and we want change. The outcome of the Nov. 8…

As I sit waiting for election results Tuesday night so they can be posted on our websites and processed for printing in the newspaper Wednesday morning, I am worried for my children and…

Get your Christmas lights out of the closet, the attic, basement or garage.  If you don’t have any, go buy some. Beginning next week, the entire Boothbay peninsula will be…

I'm old enough to remember the string of multi-colored Christmas lights which used to zig-zag over Townsend Avenue shortly after Thanksgiving every year. When the cops weren't looking, we'd throw…