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Maine's Department of Education has recently released assessment data for the 23-24 school year. The data is available for all the schools in Maine at https://www.maine.gov…
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Dear Editor:
There’s been a lot written about Edgecomb budgets and taxes.
The school is 60% of the budget, so gets the most attention.
The solution isn’t to close the school,…
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Dear Editor:
I'd like to announce that I am running for selectman of the town of Edgecomb, Maine.
I have lived in Edgecomb for 30 years and care deeply about the town and everyone in…
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Dear Editor:
Ignorance is a choice, stupidity is not, although the former could very well foment the latter. In these recent times now before us, this is a ponderance…
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Dear Editor:
We live in an age of suspicion. Conspiracy theories, false narratives, and lies seem to hover around every corner. Who should you believe? What should you believe?
Most…
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Dear Editor:
I write in response to Mike Bartles’ letter to the editor, titled “A wave of bigotry,” in the March 20 edition.
Boys and men engaging in girls’ and women’s sports…
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Dear Editor:
I am writing to express deep concern over the troubling spread of misinformation by the Trump White House regarding the reality of what the downsizing of the federal government…
Rebuilding from last winter’s storms and ensuring communities are prepared for future severe weather are priorities for both me and my colleagues this year.…
All too often, victims of fraud are repeatedly deceived by the same criminals regarding the same scheme. Or, once victimized, some are that much more vulnerable to new scams.
If your loved…
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Is there a chance you’ve forgotten about an old bank account? Maybe you moved and never got your security deposit back? Or maybe there's an old COVID-19 relief check that you never received. If so…
From the editor
Spring is here, with hopefully nicer weather each week – so out come the motorcycles, bicycles, more pedestrians, etc.
I was reminded of this while exiting a parking lot in Woolwich on…
From the assistant editor
I thought I was going to do a short article on Wiscasset’s Future of the Schools Committee’s latest meeting. And it might have been very short given nearly everything being said was something the…
A Bird's Tale
A birding friend of ours who travels the world to see and photograph birds sent us a photo of an African bird—a little bee-eater, a handsome bird with a yellow-belly and an emerald green back—…
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Dear Editor:
I attended last Saturday’s “Protect Girls in Sports” rally at the statehouse. It was a great event,…
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Dear Editor:
As a relatively new resident of Alna, after moving from Portland a couple of years ago, I’ve begun to…
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Dear Editor:
Based on my reading of the U.S. Constitution, Elon Musk’s appointment as a U.S. Government official and thus his actions in that capacity are squarely at odds with that…
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Dear Editor:
The Sea Grant program was founded in 1966. For just shy of 60 years it has brought together researchers, fisherfolk, and others to sustain healthy coastal environments and…
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Dear Editor:
A recent letter claimed that the Edgecomb Citizens' Tax Group is a source of disinformation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our group is committed to…
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Dear Editor:
Wiscasset taxpayers, are you paying attention? Our school board is pushing through a bloated budget while ignoring public concerns. On March…
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Dear Editor:
On March 8th, I attended a presentation concerning the Edgecomb town budget. I came in support of the citizens’ group formed to investigate ways to lower our tax burden.…
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Dear Editor:
As former finance director for the City of Rockland, and school board member for SAD 5, I had the wonderful experience to attend an informative taxpayer meeting on 3/08/25…
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Dear Editor:
A graphical representation of tabular data is not a misrepresentation. It’s the same data presented in a different format. The current Maine DOE* data shows a progressive…
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Dear Editor:
We encourage Alna residents to elect Sherry Lyons to represent the town on the Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 School Board. We’ve known Sherry for the past two years as a neighbor…
Understanding the ways criminals seek to steal money can help you stay a step ahead of scams…
The next public supper will be April 2. The meal consists of French onion soup, salad, rolls, baked stuffed chicken breast, mashed potato/gravy, green…
WHERE IT'S AT
From time immemorial love has been expressed through the spoken word, poems, ballads, songs, films, art, signage and greeting cards. Love can be the “Elusive Butterfly” Bob Lind sang about in 1965…
A Bird's Tale
Most of us who live in the northern part of the globe, even those of us who love winter sports and activities, can’t help but look forward to the return of spring. It’s just part of being…
From the assistant editor
A two-parter this time. First, just a wow and a well done, Wiscasset police and other agencies on last week's apprehension of a man facing charges out of state and now here. That was, as the new…
Joe's Journal
We have been bombarded on all sides with analysis, opinion, and outright propaganda stemming from the recent strange televised encounter between POTUS, VPOTUS and Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
'Round Town
Back in the early ’70s, I was teaching in a fairly large public high school in New Jersey, just outside New York City. The school had a growing new population from diverse backgrounds, notably…
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
This past Saturday I attended the group’s presentation at the Edgecomb Town Hall. It was quickly apparent that the group’s data is being portrayed in a manner intended to…
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Dear Editor:
I am a strong Maine Christian conservative grandmother. I believe Janet Mills is wrong. Our young women should not have to compete against biological males. This is not a…
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Dear Editor:
“Elections have consequences,” we are constantly being told…and so they do, catastrophically at times. But our current coup leaders would do well to learn another truth from…
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Dear Editor:
Back in the good old days when the Roman Empire was enjoying its ascendancy, Christians were horribly persecuted. Christians were fed to lions, nailed to trees and butchered in…
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Dear Editor:
Alna is fortunate that Ed Pentaleri is running for our town’s select board in March.
In his past…
The next public supper will be March 19. The meal will consist of vegetable soup, salad, Irish soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, potato, carrots, and key lime cake. The cost is $10 for members…
Winter is still here and many of us would do just about anything to find some warm weather. Enter the cruise scam. Many of these trips to nowhere literally pop up online as a “free” incentive…
Joe's Journal
Well, pilgrims, not much happened last week, except for the lovely community supper at the East Boothbay Methodist Church.
Not much, unless you count the “great TV” performance where it…
From the assistant editor
Sure, in this latest installment in the still-fresh 2025 series, we could list just four good things, because February is so short, and I had a staycation in there. But this is about Wiscasset and…
The sighting of a golden eagle has always been a prize for a Maine birder. There are some of these birds in the state every winter but only occasionally is an individual found that is enjoyed…
The next public supper will be Wednesday, March 19. The meal will consist of vegetable soup, salad, Irish soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, potato, carrots, and key…
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Dear Editor:
Growing up in a family of artists, I have an engrained appreciation for the landscapes and historic places here in Alna that they captured on canvas over several generations,…
I have photographed with folks at Bigelow Lab from the very early days with the Yentsch founders.
Over the years, from time to time, I would be called upon to record new developments…
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Dear Editor:
I’m so grateful we live in the country we do, so grateful to those who sacrificed their lives, sacrificed their time in service to protect our freedoms and…
A Bird's Tale
The bird and its band proved a perplexing mystery.
In October 2024, a bird that is exceptionally rare in Maine—a common gull—was spotted at the golf course at the Samoset Resort in…
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Dear Editor:
I was happy to read Rob Cronk's recent letter concerning school options, and I'm writing to encourage our community to organize and explore an application…
