Dear Readers,
Today's teenagers have to cope with pressures at…
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Dear Readers,
Sometimes things are so overwhelming I just want to jump in a hole and hide. Like last week.
For openers, a border squabble between Russia and Ukraine resulted in the…
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Dear Readers,
The other day, a visitor told me he loved our…
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Dear Readers,
It is summertime in Maine. The days are warm, the…
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Dear Readers,
The sun is out, warm breezes have returned, there are native strawberries at our favorite farm stand, the golf course is ready to open the back nine, and it is tough to find a…
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Dear Readers,
Now that the primary season is over, it won't be…
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Dear Readers,
Was that big bang you heard last week someone blasting out a granite ledge,…
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Dear Readers,
Did you watch Boothbay's Memorial Day parades?
If you did, you saw a bona fide slice of Americana. Veterans, some who could still fit in their old uniforms, marching in…
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Dear Readers,
There are a lot of writers in our region, but in recent years, with the notable exception of the great Richard Ford, few have gained much national attention — until now.
…
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Dear Readers,
Don’t expect this space to contain a long serious tome, for my bride and I have been on a road trip to see parts of my …
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Dear Readers,
If you spend any time in Maine, you can be overwhelmed by festivals and other events. Most are designed…
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Dear Readers,
At 5:30 a.m., the parking lot at the Boothbay Y is nearly full as some 80 seniors brave the pre-dawn hour to participate in workouts of one kind or another. At about 2…
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Dear Readers,
Maine's trio of gubernatorial candidates…
Mary’s Musings
For some reason, most of us feel that “things” aren’t as good today as they used to be when we were young. “Things” tends to cover a lot — cars, music, movies. You name it, and most of us who are…
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Dear Readers,
In Augusta, as usual, the legislature and governor are at odds.
…
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Dear Readers,
I don't know about you, but I am a bit fed up with a trio of recent TV news…
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Dear Readers,
As the weekend's warm breezes coaxed the…
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Dear Readers,
There is an outdoor art gallery tucked into the…
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Dear Readers,
Day after day, our TV sets and big daily…
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Dear Readers,
After spending most of my adult life covering politics, from presidents to planning boards, I can assure you no public official wants to raise taxes. In fact, most pols would…
Mary’s Musings
Millions of sports fans have their televisions tuned in to coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia this month, as over 2800 athletes from 88 countries compete in 98 winter events. Some TV…
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Dear Readers,
So, the cold winds are blowing, the weatherman is…
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Dear Readers,
As the excitement, chores and bills from the holiday crush move into your family's rear view mirror, and there are no more NFL games on TV until the Super Bowl, it’s time to…
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Dear Readers,
Betsy Pratt has been busy this winter.
As the county animal control officer, she spends a lot of time on dog bite cases, but not this time. The winter of 2013-2014 has…
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Dear Readers,
It is no secret that it usually takes a major…
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Dear Readers,
The winter of 2013-2014 may go down as the winter of the weather report. Some folks have become addicted to checking the latest local weather reports on TV and on our Boothbay…
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Dear Readers,
Bill Knight, 91, died on Christmas Day at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor…
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Dear Readers,
In 2013, the catchphrase for the Boothbay Region…
Mary’s Musings
Now that we’ve selected Christmas gifts for friends and family (which we hope were good choices) and have spent more than we could afford, it may be fun to look at Christmas around the turn of the…
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Dear Readers,
It is fashionable for writers of editorials,…
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Dear Readers,
There comes a time in the life of any married man…
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Dear Readers,
My son just walked outside to get the morning paper and spied a pair of white tailed deer prancing down the street. In…
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It won't be long now.
If I shut my eyes, I can almost smell…
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Friday, Nov. 22 is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of…
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October's gentle breezes turned into bitter November winds this week as the boys and I trudged along the Penny Lake trail for our daily early morning gabfest/walk. A lone hunter glanced up from…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
You know it. That rusty fishing boat named Westward that has been moored in the harbor for the last year or so awaiting the next…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Columbus Day usually signals the end of our summer tourist season.
Soon, most of the people from away, the visitors who are our main industry, will head out of town.
…
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Dear Readers,
Last week, as more than 100 community members gathered to pay a final…
Mary’s Musings
This week, we mourn a death in our family, a matriarch of sorts, who has been there ever since we were born. We didn’t necessarily visit them often, but we loved and admired them…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
I wish I had better news to report. But as you already know, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, our St. Andrews Hospital will disappear.
Oh, the building will still be there, but it no…
Mary’s Musings
On the heels of yet another mass shooting, this time in the Navy Yard in Washington, there is another outcry for gun control. With scores of opinions being circulated, ranging from…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Our nation faced another tragedy this week when a shooter opened fire inside the Washington Navy Yard, killing a dozen people and wounding at least eight others.
After a…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Mother Nature flipped the switch the other day telling us it is time to root in the closet for another blanket.
The…
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Dear Readers,
There is a big question facing our nation and we want to know what you think about it.
Should the United States punish Syria for using chemical weapons on their own…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
This is not a new story, but it is a good one and it has a new ending.
It all began in 1981, when a guy who ran a little store in Boothbay Harbor found himself holding…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Whew, what a week. When it is Summertime in our neighborhood, your friends at Ye Olde Boothbay Register and the Not so Olde Wiscasset Newspaper are more than a bit busy. We…
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Last week, Boothbay Harbor lobsterman Ryan Casey was hauling his traps off Damariscove Island when he ran across…
From the Editor
If you have watched your favorite local newspaper over the last several weeks, you might have noticed we were spending a lot of space on the “…
