Save the date for the next community supper on Wednesday, April 18 featuring a Thanksgiving style turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Make reservations for this meal by calling the Wiscasset…
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A Bird’s Tale
We saw our first osprey of the spring on Easter afternoon, and our first tree swallows the next day. It is such a pleasure to see these old friends again after their winter absence. But even…
On Eating and Loving Food
After returning from a long road trip with my brother, Peter, and indulging in a lot of tasty, high fat, low health level foods, I got up this morning feeling a strong desire for a good healthy…
’Round Town
What a privilege to witness the release of two snowy owls on Fisherman's Island. One flew east and one went north. The east flyer landed on a roof top, looking around, maybe hoping to reunite with…
Joe’s Journal
When someone hails Vietnam War veteran Phil Chapman as a hero, he is likely to pull them up short.
“I’m not a hero, I got to come home. The real heroes are the ones who didn’t,” he said…
We meet at the Faith Baptist Church on the Mills Road in Newcastle. Guests, visitors, and new members are always welcome. Doors to the church will be open at 2 p.m. for a chat and sew session to…
Hello friends and neighbors,
Last weekend my husband Dick decided the tree tapping season is over. He set up his super-charged propane lobster cooker outdoors to boil down the sixteen…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
I remember it was a cool October day when I went outside to do yard work with my husband. I remember dressing in layers and not having to deal with mosquitoes. I remember that I stood in the yard…
Photographs go right to the heart of the viewer. Photographs evoke emotion and affect the viewer on an emotional level. Photographs capture moments in our lives – of loved ones, holidays, special…
A Bird’s Tale
Last week, perhaps like many of you, we mourned the loss of the last male northern white rhino on Earth. Sudan (he was named for the country where he was born) had spent most of his life in a zoo…
’Round Town
Back in the early ’90s, a whole gang of us from the area car pooled to Sheepscot Valley Children’s House…
Joe’s Journal
After four major snowstorms in four weeks, the sun peeked out from behind a cloud on Saturday, so I thought I might see how, and if, Ms. Pigette survived the winter.
Parking on the side of…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Recently, I was sitting with a couple whose child was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease and a few other tick-borne co-infections. As we were going over various resources that were available to…
The Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its monthly meeting on April 5 at the First Congregational Church 28 High St., Wiscasset. Business meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. with our featured program at…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Despite our dubious weather, I have seen and heard some new arrivals at the bird feeder recently. The squirrels are excitedly chasing each other about, and the…
The Wiscasset Senior Center was the scene of a delicious mac and cheese with ham dinner prepared by Chef Julie. Dessert was yummy brownies and ice cream.
As a winter pick me up at the…
From the Senate
We all know that there’s perhaps no job more important to land than that first part-time job as a teenager, whether that job be on a farm, in a local convenience store or at a restaurant. For me,…
It’s spring – according to the calendar, anyway. But, like me you’ve probably been planning your gardens all winter – and it’s been a beaut for dreaming about warm sunshine, blue skies and being…
A Bird’s Tale
A robin was calling in our yard this morning. A sign of spring? Not really, especially with several feet of snow still carpeting the ground dampening our expectations. But the truth is, robins…
’Round Town
The Ernestina-Morrissey project at the old Sample’s Shipyard continues to amaze me.
Recently I got to witness what I think is one of the coolest events ever --- the installation…
Joe’s Journal
Are you confused about the secret investigation into allegations of Russian involvement in the 2016 election? Like you, my knowledge of the Russians and international espionage is limited to Jason…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Recently I had the opportunity to spend over an hour in the Westport Island Fire Station with Chief Stacey Hutchison and Deputy Chief Jason Abbott to learn…
St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf Food Pantry, located at 12 Hodge St. in Wiscasset, is announcing that the pantry will be held not on its usual Thursday day and time during the last week of March…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
As a society, we form opinions based on what we see, hear and experience. Sometimes it’s firsthand, other times, it’s based on what is shared with us. Many times, its hard to form an opinion based…
Lyle Lovett. When some hear his name either an image or a song pops into their mind’s eye. Or ear, as it were. For me, it’s a song: “Hello. I’m the guy who sits next to you and reads your…
On Eating and Loving Food
On the day of that gorgeous, serene snowfall last week (easy for me to say – I didn’t lose power) Sue Mello sent me a link to a recipe for bread: “Slow bread.”
The headline, on Slate.com,…
Joe’s Journal
Seventeen years ago, Penelope M. Thumith agreed to manage the St. Andrews Hospital Thrift Shop.
Penny, as she likes to be called, says it was a way to take her mind off the trauma…
As we struggle to believe that spring is indeed on the way despite an onslaught of winter storms, we find hope in the arrival of the earliest spring migrant birds. We wrote about one of those last…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Isn’t it nice to have electricity? We sure do take things for granted when we have light at the flip of a switch or water at the turn of a handle. I’m not sure…
The Wednesday, March 7 community supper was well attended as we enjoyed a delicious Guinness beef stew prepared by Chef Julie. March birthdays were celebrated after supper with Boston cream…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
This past week, it became very apparent what I would write about. Something very personal to me, something that got me through the darkest, most painful moments of my journey towards health and…
Identity theft and fraud
Have you ever answered your phone only to find that the local number displayed is not really the number that is calling you?
This practice, known as “spoofing,” has been around for more…
On Eating and Loving Food
I’ve been pigging out.
It’s been a few weeks of, well, not quite hell, but not exactly Disneyland either, for me.
This is a food column, so I’m not going to dwell on the gory…
Here in Maine we’re used to seeing a variety of hawks that can occur throughout the year. Cooper’s hawks and sharp-shinned hawks are regularly seen in winter, usually diving into a backyard where…
Joe’s Journal
The smile is the first thing you notice about Deborah Bronk. It sits just below her twinkling eyes that seem to dance as she talks about her new job as president and CEO of the East Boothbay…
’Round Town
Kevin Kiley and Paul Noah helped us create the most extraordinary Halloweens.
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Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
I love advocacy work because I love solving problems and helping others. Advocacy work is not easy. It’s long and enduring, tedious at times, frustrating as hell and requires thick skin. You learn…
Dear friends and neighbors,
Hope you are prepared for the next winter blast; ready or not, here it comes! A reminder that all folks interested in the RSU #12 School Budget are invited to…
Imagine being able to glide slowly over the ground at dawn somewhere along the Atlantic Coast of North America, listening to the songs of birds as they awaken on a spring day. Now imagine doing…
The 90th Annual Academy Awards are coming up this Sunday and you can bet I’ll be watching – along with everyone who loves everything movies and the art of acting. We can’t be kept away from our TV…
On Eating and Loving Food
There’s cheese fondue. Then there’s Kim Martin’s cheese fondue.
On Jan. 6, Michael Maxim posted a comment on my Facebook page: “Hey Suzi Thayer, I need some fondue tips...where’s my…
’Round Town
June Elderkin makes a mean blueberry coffee cake. When I visit, if the blueberries are in at Hannaford, there's a good chance for fresh baked goods. So, I got a little anxious when…
Joe’s Journal
As if the nation was not riled up enough, what with wars, politics, and the Mueller investigation into possible Russian involvement in the 2016 election, a 19-year-old waltzed into a Florida high…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Snow, rain, thaw, melt, repeat. This pattern tells us that mud season is approaching. For weeks, I’ve heard people comment on the unexpected snowfall levels as they tried in vain to prepare for…
Dear friends and neighbors,
I don’t know about you, but for me this last episode of snow and rain with the ensuing mud is getting a bit old. I did manage to do some nice skiing at a…
The Wednesday, Feb. 21 supper was well attended and featured chicken oregano. Once again, no birthdays were celebrated for the month of February. The Lincoln Theater movie ticket giveaway was won…
Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones
Back in November, I wrote a column titled Who You See Matters and I wrote about the variances in care (re: tick-borne disease) that a patient gets depending on how much knowledge the provider they…
’Round Town
I was all set with my “Register” adventure for this week and brewing my second cup of Vallejo coffee, produced by our friend Cris, of California. His coffee is terrific.
As my dollup of…
On Eating and Loving Food
You know how all of a sudden it’s, like, 1 p.m., and you’re starving? You start searching the fridge, hoping lunch will magically appear.
That happened…
Joe’s Journal
On Friday, the national news was all abuzz with the 37-page indictment alleging a group of Russians tried to influence our 2016 presidential election.
The weapon they used was “Fake News…
