It’s a sign of fall for those who notice: clouds of small, brownish birds that flush from the roadside along every Maine back road. A discerning eye may notice a flash of white from the tail edges…

I hope everyone had an awesome week ... With Halloween just around the corner and being on a Wednesday night smack dab in the middle of a work week, it’s hard to think about what’s for dinner.…

If you’ve been out and about in Maine over the last few months, you’ve probably observed the incredible numbers of gray squirrels and chipmunks seemingly everywhere. Sadly, one of the ways that…

To bee or not to bee, that is the question.

The alien looking subjects in this week’s adventure are Steve and Cathy Berger. They are seriously wrapped up in protective gear as residents of…

I hope everyone had a fantastic week. Mine was incredibly busy but awesome. I can’t tell you how nice the weather has been — sorry ... I’m not one of those people that likes the heat or humidity,…

On Nov. 6, we will choose who will represent us in Maine Legislative District 89.

We have a tough choice.

In 2016, the district, which represents the towns of Boothbay, Boothbay…

Come and join us for a fun night at the Wiscasset Senior Center on Oct. 31  at 5 p.m. We will  be having meatloaf, mac & cheese, salad, soup, salad and dessert. Wear your best Halloween…

We know. “Enough already with all the gulls,” is what you’re probably saying.…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Columbus Day weekend. We all work very hard in the summertime. Our little peninsula is thriving and we are all incredibly blessed to live here. It is nice to see…

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, there's still a chance that it's not.

Every season requires a little adjustment. So sometimes I take a reconnaissance run…

Last week, my friend Ms. Pigette told me she has a new favorite tune. It is a message to all those folks who complain about politicians in Washington, Augusta, Wiscasset, Boothbay, Newcastle,…

What a gorgeous day for Wiscasset’s Feed Our Scholars’ first Touch-A-Truck event. All those in attendance seemed to have a wonderful time. Happy little faces were everywhere as horns…

You have to hand it to Zamira Hajiyeva. She’s a great little budgeter. The lady really knows how to stretch a dollar, or in this case, a British pound.

Zamira, whose husband Jahangir was a…

I had a completely different topic all written up and ready to go for this week’s column until I got two phone calls early Saturday morning. The first was from a local woman who called to thank me…

The realities of climate change can be more than a little hard to deal with as we experience them and hear of them on a daily basis. That was true again this week when the International Panel on…

As I write this the Pink Panther theme song is still running through my head. Why? Because I’m still trying to figure out where it all went wrong. It should have been a simple heist.

I…

Suzanne Norton picked up her daughter, Andrea, last week, drove to Bath and parked near an old riverfront warehouse.

Inside the building, which is now a headquarters for Maine’s First Ship…

Come and join us for another night filled with fun, laughter, and good food at the…

Hi folks.

I am thrilled and honored to be featured in our local newspaper. My column is going to have a lot of delicious easy meals, adult beverages, and desserts. These recipes are an…

Autumn.

Apples.

Crisp air.

Earthy scented air.

Sunlight filters through leaves of yellow, red, orange … falling, swirling, dancing  leaves … jumping in piles of…

It seems like many people think of extinction as an event from far in the past or only in some distant place. Perhaps the feeling is that the people who let the species slip away forever must not…

We are coming up on Columbus Day, the traditional end of our summer tourist season.

So, it seemed time to take a minute from watching Washington politics on TV to visit some Boothbay…

’Tis the season of autumnal evenings' recall to my annual Cape Newagen happy place. Our sun in making its way back up the Sheepscot, the evening glow time of year for west facing vistas. Bright…

One of the great sports movies of all time was “Field of Dreams” (1989). Baseball fans (go Red Sox) might remember the story of a midwestern farmer who had a vision to build a baseball field in a…

The flowers of summer are beginning to take their final lap around the stadium with sun change and chill. Folks are putting gardens to bed but Fall can produce some interesting gifts.

I'm…

Since Jeff has just returned from a conference abroad, we decided to share his experience and perspective with readers of our column.

This past week I had the unusual opportunity…

A slight change of perception in my column this week. I had the opportunity to speak with several medical providers whose patients have crossed paths with my organization. To say that the…

The first English settlers to arrive on the shores of North America — after a long, grueling and dangerous voyage on the open sea — were greeted with a cacophony of unfamiliar sights, sounds, and…

CBS “Sunday Morning” celebrates its 40th season this year. They had a wonderful retrospective special on TV, showing lots of clips from their many years of programs. Happy to say, our good friend…

So the closest I’ve come to a film festival – indoors or outdoors – was when triple features of Woody Allen or James Bond played at one of the drive-ins back in Connecticut. You remember drive-ins…

With media awareness on the rise, with the admission of faulty tests and the FDA fast tracking a Lyme vaccine, it makes you wonder, “Why are medical providers still so defensive when it comes to…

We wrote a few weeks ago about gulls, especially highlighting the…

The National Weather Service says the storm that hit our neighborhood last Thursday was not a tornado. Right.

Here is what they told the Portland Press Herald.

“A tornado requires…

I was working on my computer in the office when the curtain on a west facing window rustled in an unusual way. I noticed the movement but continued to work. Then it happened again, with gusto. The…

During a wonderful evening with friends over the weekend the conversation ventured into a subject that was pretty far removed from our usual topics.

One of us had recently attended a…

In 1969 I lost my summer job as a laborer for a local masonry contractor in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. My job was to mix mud for three masons, lug concrete blocks and break brick tongs while…

I have a bone to pick with the New York Times.

In a recent Times Style magazine article, they lavished praise on a subject many, including me, hate with a passion: Japanese Knotweed.…

Fall always seems like a mysterious time when it comes to birds. The woods and fields are essentially silent of bird song. Only occasionally might you hear a short, high-pitched call, a sound…

“Up on the northwest shoreline is a small converted fish house which was built by Reuben Davis after he bought his land from the heirs of Josiah Jr. He fished from this building from 1884 until…

It’s pretty easy to take gulls for granted. They seem to be everywhere, ready to grab a lobster roll out of the hands of an unsuspecting visitor on the back deck of every local seafood place. Or…

I remember V-J Day. Do you?

It was Aug. 14, 1945, when the Japanese Army surrendered. It was the official ending of the protracted conflict known as World War II.

Today you can…

There is a phrase that the Lyme community uses that has upset the rest of the medical world — Lyme Literate Doctor. This phrase has been developed and used to specifically to highlight those who…

Members of the club have enjoyed many activities this summer. We ended the year in June with a picnic luncheon at the Morris Farm in Wiscasset. During the meeting, Ester Leck received the Thomas…

Come and join us for a night of fun and just good eating!  Sept. 5 is our next meal and we will be having fresh roasted turkey, soup, salad, peas, mashed potatoes butternut squash, rolls and cake…

The first ghost investigation at Boothbay Railway Village began July 27 with Greg Latimer (Mysterious Destinations, marketing and researcher for Red Cloak Haunted History Tours and author of…

Around this time of year, late-summer, fifteen summers ago, we went on a road trip to watch a nephew play on the Maine team for the New England regional championships of the Little League World…

We are preparing for a very busy week ahead, when we will be spending the entire week at the Union Fair (Aug 18-25), educating fair goers about ticks in Maine, the diseases that they carry and how…

Sometimes when you step into somebody's home there is an instant feeling of calm.

It was easy for me to sit down and relax with Jolly and Laura. In many…

We haven’t seen one yet this fall, but a few people in Maine have noted the first pulses of southbound, migrating common nighthawks. Based on checklists submitted to eBird, Maine should expect…

 I got a text message from Ms. Pigette last week inviting me over for a drink. I knew she wanted something. And, if she invited me over for a drink, it might be serious.

So, the other day…