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From the Maine Senate
In the state of Maine, 68.5% of children under 6 years old live in households with all parents working. 37% of licensed childcare centers in Maine have closed in the…
Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
The BRHS community extends its sincere gratitude to the following individuals and businesses for their generous contributions to the Francis D. Aley Donor Book Award fund.…
A Bird's Tale
There’s no doubt that we birders find a thrill in seeing rare birds—birds from somewhere else that make their way to wherever we are (in our case,…
Are you as glad as I am that the myriad TV ads for the various candidates has ended? Spoiled my morning coffee time over the past month (and longer) and deciding who is good and who is bad (seemed…
I am sure all veterans have different reactions, feelings, memories around Memorial Day. This year was a little different for me because I was attending my grandson’s high school graduation in…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Let me be clear at the outset – this is not a political editorial, but one dealing with character and moral integrity. Recently, comments posted by Graham Platner (which he has…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Now that Graham Platner has been thrown under a bus by the pearl-clutching wing of the Democratic party, who are we going to vote for in November? A professional politician…
Letter to the editor
Letter to the editor
Flag Day is Sunday, June 14.
In the words of President Woodrow Wilson: “Old Glory’ this Flag which we honor and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thoughts and…
Boothbay Region YMCA: Community Catalyst for Good
Spencer Pottle, 19, was born and…
Edgecomb Fire Rescue responded to 25 calls in May, compared with 14 calls in April. May calls included three fires, 17 medical emergencies (ME), four motor vehicle accidents (MVA), and one other…
The new door to the BICA Hall (24 West Side Road) worked great and if you missed using it in May it is ready to greet you for the…
Where It's At
"Somone To Lay Down Beside Me," "All My Life," "Isn't It Always Love," "Goodbye, My Friend," and "Lose Again," "Falling Star," "If He's Ever Near," and "Home."
Love, passion, loss, longing…
The weekend weather wasn’t perfect, but it was better than expected and sister Karen and I had fun out on the water. Her son, Brian, who is an engineer and works on power plants in various…
Criminals often impersonate major brands with large audiences—and Amazon is one of them.
In two newer tactics, scammers send text messages claiming a recent order was recalled, with a…
A Bird's Tale
We wish we had been able to get a photograph of it to show you.
The first crop of baby American robins were out of the nest…
From the assistant editor
Nobody's making you vote.
But we hope you make yourself take the time. Have a say and then, no matter who is elected, or who is nominated via a primary, or which way an issue goes June 9,…
From the editor
Daughter, son, nephews … now a granddaughter is graduating from Boothbay Region High School next week. Hard to believe – zero to 18 in a blink of an eye. Good luck to you, Ella, and your…
Joe's Journal
I know, I know, the phone is ringing in my pocket and, yes, I know who is calling. I will call back.
Of course, it was Ms. Pigette, the lovely personality holding up a mailbox on Route 27,…
'Round Town
One of my all-time favorite photos was made courtesy of Ella Beauregard when she and her parents lived in the old Ruth Gardner house, just up from Hendricks Head beach on Southport. I was just…
Don't miss this!
One night only! Our July 1 special event is the award-winning movie musical "1776!" Come celebrate the 250th birthday of the Declaration…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
At some point during our high school years, all of us had to read and discuss “Ozymandias,” a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Its final image of ruins in a vast, empty desert…
