Dear Editor:
In 2017 the Edgecomb School Board embarked on a program to increase the number of nonresident tuition students attending the Edgecomb Eddy School. Apparently, this was…
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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Monopoly of political power is the defining characteristic of all dictatorships.
Minority parties have used and corrupted democratic institutions, where they pre-existed…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Americans are faced with the paradox of dealing with enemies of an open society while maintaining those ideals that define that society. Such is the…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Who’s afraid of the big-bad-governor?
Wielding the sword of corruption.
The no-bid contracts/audit scandal is nothing.
The Red Chinese pot growing…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
We are writing to support the candidacy of Forrest Carver for the Edgecomb Select Board. As a lifelong resident of Edgecomb, Forrest demonstrates a broad understanding of the…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
In a recent letter to the editor, Denise Griffin makes a number of inaccurate and misleading accusations about the financial management of the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor School…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
In the third week of March, I found that there was an open seat on the Water District Board of Trustees. That was past the date to file papers.
This…
Last week I attended the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) “Advocacy in Action” in Washington, D.C. Most veteran service organizations have this annual event where we meet our…
Our Interact youth group did it again – their annual Spaghetti Dinner held last week at the Clubhouse proved to be a sold-out event and raised $1,085 for…
Recently our federal government has made cuts to programs and departments that greatly impact feeding our students two free meals per day regardless of income, and there are more proposed cuts…
Two Spoons: On Eating in Midcoast Maine
Long ago. In her father’s library at the house in Bremen, Anina pulls a book from the shelf. Of all of the books in a room stacked floor to ceiling with them, she finds “Back to Eden,” a…
63rd annual Windjammer Days honors U.S. Coast Guard
The 2025 Windjammer Days will shine a spotlight on the dedicated individuals who have served, are serving, or are preparing to serve in one of the most respected branches of the U.S.…
From the assistant editor
In and near Wiscasset in March were at least five good things, so let's get to them before April gets any older. This installment marks the end of the first quarter of our year-long commitment to…
Joe's Journal
Dear Readers,
As you may know, I have been out of the loop since mid-March.
For some strange reason, much of that time was spent at Maine Medical Center in Portland where the skilled…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Another mechanism whereby the Edgecomb school board creates large surpluses is the over budgeting of expenses. The most obvious example is the over budgeting of contracted…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
It’s game overtime. Do not allow the cocaine sniffing, hot tub culture to rain on our parade. Trend setters and profit takers. Wall Street bows to and worships Wall Street. The…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Are sending towns willing to pay more than the state tuition rate to send their students to BRHS? Our school board and trustees should be asking that simple and straightforward…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I like to think there are three types of people's personal finances.
1- The type who…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I am writing to encourage people to use common sense. Years ago I read a book about the inner workings of our government. Politicians on both sides are controlled by their…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I have made a mistake. I misunderstood the water district's website. I though that Holly Stover had an ex-officio position because she is our representative. I filed nomination…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
To my fellow Edgecomb residents:
I am excited to announce my…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I, along with countless other former Boy Scouts who had the privilege of having Joe Stover as our Scout Master, were saddened to learn of his recent passing…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Many of you may have heard about the recent cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This federal organization has the mission to “advance, support, and…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Things in the East Boothbay United Methodist Church are rocking!
This coming Sunday, Palm Sunday, we are hosting a community breakfast at 9 a.m. where everyone of all…
On Monday, March 30, Connie Netherton came in search of a knee brace for a meniscus tear. The Community Center had just received a brand new one, so we were…
A Bird's Tale
Late in the day on Saturday, we took a ride down to look for birds at some favorite spots along the coast in Freeport. Parking by the narrow bridge at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, we scanned the bay,…
This week I am in D.C. as Maine’s Military Officers Association of American (MOAA) delegate to the National MOAA…
Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8, is Fellowship Night at 4:30 p.m. at Port’s Pizza. Just a relaxed fun time, no agenda, no speaker, just hanging out and visiting with one another. We're a very…
63rd annual Windjammer Days honors U.S. Coast Guard
The 2025 Windjammer Days will shine a spotlight on the dedicated individuals who have served, are serving, or are preparing to serve in one of the most respected branches of the U.S. military…
Bethany will hold another session at the Community Center on Tuesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. During this time, she will be available to…
A Bird's Tale
The early bird may get the worms, but they may also get an unexpected dump of snow that makes the worms hard to find. Although the snow has been relatively light (at least closer to the coast…
From the assistant editor
Watch for a catch-up in the coming week(s) on our latest five good things that happened in or near Wiscasset. There were plenty, as you may have read on our pages and at wiscassetnewspaper.com,…
From the editor
These past couple of weeks I have had to deal with the retirement of a longtime local columnist, the ever steady, hard-working and knowledgeable Southport columnist Leigh Sherrill. She has moved…
Joe's Journal
The cell phone on the table buzzed and, stupidly, I picked it up. Of course, it was herself, Ms.Pigette, and her ever-changing and sometimes interesting collection of insults.
Where have…
Behind the scenes, BHML’s fundraising committee is madly organizing our second annual Storybook Ball, the library’s nascent fundraising gala to benefit free library services in the Boothbay region…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
As a Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library trustee, I strongly oppose any efforts to defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an institution vital to the success…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
How could our school superintendent run up an architect’s bill of over $200,000 without any prior board approval, potentially leaving local taxpayers on the hook?
And…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
I listened closely to the March 24 joint Trustee/CSD school board budget meeting. Here are my takeaways:
The proposed FY26 school is up a whopping 9.2% excluding…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Shakespeare may not have been right.
Based on the current kerfuffle between the administration and the legal firms, maybe the smart move…
