Only a handful of World War II veterans still survive. Soon, they will be gone.
Most of our knowledge of that bitter and bloody conflict comes from books, films, TV shows, and the stories…
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Joe’s Journal
Let me put on my “Grandpa hat” for a moment.
Last week, my bride and I drove back to Indiana for a very special event, a “can’t miss” event. Grandson number one was graduating from medical…
So much to see, so much to do. That’s the impression when you thumb through the 2018 Summertime guide published by this newspaper. The annual full color guide, distributed free, has been well-…
Come join us for the next community supper on Wednesday, June 6 featuring baked chicken, rice pilaf, veggies, soup, salad, bread and dessert. June birthdays will be celebrated after the meal. Make…
We had several migrant Tennessee warblers singing in our backyard last week, their machine-like staccato songs echoing around the neighborhood. Tennessee warblers nest in the North, mostly in the…
On Eating and Loving Food
Okay so I’ve written about lobster before, but it’s spring in Maine, and that means lobster season is coming.
It’s not that you can’t eat lobster in the off-season, but it’s usually far…
It’s interesting, what causes us to remember. Smells, I know are very powerful triggers. A sound, or a…
THEY SAID WHAT?!
“You’re too sick to have chronic Lyme,” “Once you have Lyme, you can’t get it again,” “You didn’t get the bulls-eye so you’re all set,” “You been treated so any residual…
When you hear the name William Shakespeare, what images come to mind? Scenes from the last production you attended? Or are they imaginings of performances in Britain, centuries ago when only men…
’Round Town
Thursday is not a particularly special day of the week, unless of course, you work four 10-hour days and…
Mary’s Musings
The “open’’ signs are everywhere signifying local businesses are ready to welcome both residents and visitors alike after what has been a rather brief hiatus for many. The winter snows and…
Joe’s Journal
In school, we quickly learned that all lessons are not taught by teachers or found in textbooks.
This includes learning the ins and outs of a one-finger gesture that in the old days might…
On Eating and Loving Food
I’ve written about tacos in general, but I’m going to get specific here: Haddock tacos. Most restaurant menus list them as simply fish tacos. If they do that, and there’s no description with the…
Hello friends and neighbors!
Spring is in the air, and things are happening on Westport Island! It’s a great time to connect with folks and share the joy, just like Bailey Bartlett has…
There’s nothing like being outside on a spring day. To finally feel warmth on your cheek, the wind through your hair … wait, what was that commercial? Oh dee flowers, oh dee trees, oh dee birds,…
On Eating and Loving Food
So last week I wrote about Thai-inspired chicken soup. The next day I saw that Facebook friend Peter Ross had posted a recipe for Crispy Sesame chicken with a sticky Asian sauce, that called for a…
A Bird’s Tale
Warblers and other migrants are coming back quickly now. Every day seems to hold promise for some new arrival when we step out the door in the bright morning and listen for the bird songs and…
Joe’s Journal
The other day, an osprey carrying a branch flew over our back deck. It was a day or so after we spotted a pigeon carrying a long string.
The daffodils soon poked their heads out of the…
Hello friends and neighbors!
Congratulations to Westport’s own Mary Ellen Barnes, who is a recipient of the United States Small Business Administration’s (SMB) 2018 Economic Development…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
May is recognized by proclamation from the governor as Lyme Disease Awareness Month and while many people know something about Lyme disease, there are many other tick-borne diseases carried by…
Come join us for the next community supper to be served on Wednesday, May 16 at 5 p.m. The featured entree will be pork loin with potatoes, veggies, soup, salad, bread and dessert. Make…
Studio 53 Fine Art Gallery has brought many an interesting exhibition to the region – rich in content, complexity and creativity – and the 2018 season promises to keep those “three C’s” alive.…
A Bird’s Tale
A few days ago, we glanced out the window just in time to see a song sparrow flying into one of the shrubs near the house with its beak full of leaves. It was building a nest there, as a song…
Joe’s Journal
Her name is Katie Spencer White. She is the new executive director of the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council. She urges strangers to call her Katie.
Although she has lived in…
On Eating and Loving Food
I have a cold.
Considering the winter and spring that I’ve just endured, this is nothing. Some day I’ll tell you all the details of the winter/spring of 2018, but it’s still too raw, and…
Hello friends and neighbors!
According to all reports, the recent Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Westport Community Association was a huge success! Over 100 folks turned out to help make…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
‘Tis the season for ticks and conversations about ticks and hosting year-round, weekly Lyme disease awareness events gives me opportunity to have many interesting conversations.
With the…
Mary Poppins, that practically perfect nanny of children’s literature, is taking flight once again — this time in the Midcoast Youth Theater’s fully staged production going up Thursday, May 3-…
On Eating and Loving Food
Sometime last year I made an olive oil cake. I shared the recipe in a column. It was good, but what made it great was the ricotta, whipped up with some sugar and fresh-squeezed lemon juice, fresh…
Identity theft and fraud
Medicare is mailing new cards between this April and April 2019.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) have started mailing new Medicare cards to all Medicare cardholders.…
A Bird’s Tale
We had the pleasure this morning of looking out the kitchen window to see a striking male rose-breasted grosbeak sunning himself near the top of a still-leafless maple tree. The bird’s bright red…
Joe’s Journal
My sainted mother used to threaten to wash my mouth out with soap if I used certain words – four-letter words used to describe bodily functions and other once-taboo subjects. These words seem to…
Save the date for the next community supper on Wednesday, May 2 which will feature shepherd's pie as the entree along with soup, salad bar, bread, beverage and cake for dessert. May birthdays will…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Spring is taking its time to arrive here, but I want you to know it could be worse! (That’s what we Minnesotans always say.) My Minnesota sister sent me a photo…
Dancing and live music. Who doesn’t dig it? OK, maybe there are some guys out there who shy away from the whole dancing in public thing, but really when it comes to rock, blues, country rock ……
On Eating and Loving Food
Mark Twain once wrote, "Training is everything. A peach was once a bitter almond; a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education."
Whatever that means.
I think…
Like many people, we have been spending April vacation in Florida for a number of years. We treasure our time with family and take advantage of the warm weather for daily tennis matches and…
’Round Town
Andrei Bazaiac was born in Stefanesti, Romania, in December of 1988, almost exactly one year before the…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Fear consumes us and directs our thoughts, words and actions. Knowledge. reduces our fear, the more we know about something, the less we fear because we have some control over how it may or may…
“Use caution when cleaning up cemeteries and graves!”
That was the message from Patti Whitten, a local authority on the cemeteries, to those in attendance at the April 14 meeting of the…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Right on schedule, the osprey is back. Robins are finding spring worms. Tom turkeys are proudly displaying. Wood frogs are calling. The “Big Night” is upon us!…
From the Senate
Now that we’re at the end of session, I would like to bring attention to some of the great things happening this session at the State House. Specifically, I would like to bring your attention to a…
We didn’t call ourselves ghost hunters back in the early ’70s, but we were attracted to old houses, abandoned houses, and houses rumored to be haunted ... I clearly remember telling my friends…
A Bird’s Tale
As we have watched the tree swallows swooping over Cobbosseecontee Stream in Gardiner searching for insect prey on these cold early April days, we have pondered the fate of swallow populations,…
Joe’s Journal
Miss Pigette called me the other day with a question.
“Ok, Mr. newspaper guy, you have been involved in a few elections, right? I just want to check with you to make sure I understand the…
On Eating and Loving Food
No matter how you look at it, noodles are good. They’re comforting. They’re soft and chewy. They’re fattening ...
Noodles can be a base for pretty much anything. What is pasta? Noodles.…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Over the Easter weekend, I participated in the 38th annual State of Maine Sportsman Show (Fri., Sat. and Sun.) at the Augusta Civic Center and what an amazing opportunity that was. I met outdoor…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Just like those crocuses and tulips, it’s time to shake off the winter blues and come back to life! Spring is a great time to get involved with community, and…
The Garden Club of Wiscasset's annual plant sale is May 12 at the Wiscasset Municipal Building at Routes 1 and 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
The club is known for healthy, robust plants at…
