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letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, it is crucial this coming year to set aside your policy differences and unite to save our democracy.
Whether…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Dec. 20. The menu will be black bean soup, rolls, salad, roast beef, mashed potato with gravy, green beans, and mocha chocolate cake.…
’Round Town
You know, this wandering around that happens from time to time can yield some interesting results.
Quite a while ago after a job in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and stops with my…
Most of us do it several times a day. We have a question, need a phone number or are looking for a website, so we open a search engine and type in our request. What happens next is becoming more…
Salt ’n Spar
Once upon a time there was the Wiscasset Theater, a movie house downtown offering more than just Hollywood films. Its front entrance didn’t have a glitzy marque of flashing lights, but inside…
A Bird’s Tale
We’ve all faced the dilemma: We want to show our love or appreciation for someone through a gift at the holidays but what is something that reflects who they are and what they enjoy in life?…
From the editor
The final month of the year and it seems like the region always cranks up before the new year with all the holiday events that are held. We’re not done yet with 2023, but reflecting back on a busy…
’Round Town
One of the curious things about Facebook is how it remembers things and, from time to time, shares collected images recalled from over the years. One such memory I’ve shared in today’s adventure.…
Joe’s Journal
Merry Pre-Christmas.
P.S., As we prepare for the nation’s third best holiday, I wish you the best, but please don't send me anything. I don't need anything, including new underwear and…
Community of Hope
Recent events in Lewiston, coupled with the number of clients served by Maine’s Regional Domestic Violence Resource Centers, highlight the need to take another look at the link between domestic…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Dec. 20. Menu will consist of black bean soup, rolls, salad, roast beef, mashed potato with gravy, green beans, and mocha chocolate cake…
One of the most nefarious scams today is bank impersonation. Money stolen through these schemes is rarely recoverable, so it’s particularly important to be aware of this scam and share what you…
A Bird’s Tale
It sometimes seems hard to believe that so many mysteries still remain within the natural world, including within the most well-known group of wild creatures: birds! But new discoveries of all…
From the assistant editor
As Maine forecasts never (read, “often”) need tweaking or fully changing in the days and hours leading up to an event, I am moderately comfortable at press time Tuesday, Saturday night’s rain…
From the editor
Congratulations to the Boothbay Region High School Rotary Interact Club for raising $1,000 for the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston in late October. It was a great idea to have the popular…
’Round Town
I suspect, over the years, in one form or another, that almost everyone has some experience with the moon. We all got a dab of lunar learning in school. You know – waning and waxing, crescent,…
Joe’s Journal
In case your TV remote misfired over the weekend, as you switched between the dozens of football games, you might have seen a commercial that brought a…
Maine House District 47
One of Maine's Climate Action Plan Goals is to "Reduce Maine’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions" and help Maine achieve its Net Zero Goal. …
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Thank goodness Ms. Gina Stevens requested a public process with the Wiscasset Superintendent and School Committee. Otherwise, we would not have been privy to the wild laments…
In August of 2022 the Veterans Administration (VA) began the largest expansion of benefits in its history with the enactment of the PACT Act. The Act, which compensates military personnel and…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Dec. 20. Menu will include black bean soup, rolls, salad, roast beef, mashed potato with gravy, green beans, and mocha…
A Bird’s Tale
The two most well-known birds in the world would have to be—no, not Steller’s sea-eagles, albatrosses, or hummingbirds—but two species that have probably become rather mundane in most of our…
From the assistant editor
Are you part of the last generation of kids who were outside from about daybreak to near dark? If that was you working a paper route on bike or foot, and/or playing ball, hopscotch, jacks, and…
From the editor
Thanksgiving 1973 was a great memory. My 30 teammates and I were extra thankful that day as we had just completed a championship football season – being crowned co-champions in Class D. It was the…
Joe’s Journal
Most of us will soon sit down to the traditional Thanksgiving repast in a few hours.
It is a special day set aside for family, food and friendship.
As we try not to slop too much…
’Round Town
Some projects are so vast and expansive it’s impossible to imagine. Such is the case for the massively detailed 400-page book “The Kyrenia Ship…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Dec. 6. Menu will consist of white bean and sausage soup, garlic bread, salad, baked ziti, and pumpkin bread pudding. Cost is $10 for…
The holiday deals have already begun, but buyer beware – not all of those great deals you see online are legit. Because if the online shopping season has started it means that online scam season…
Well, apparently it's winter! That was (too) quick.
Firewood donations: The Town of Westport Island is accepting donations of cut, dry, ready-to-burn firewood to make sure all our…
A Bird’s Tale
Many long-time readers of this column will remember that we have an abiding interest in the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire—three islands off the Venezuelan coast that were historically once…
From the editor
Using reporter Fritz Freudenberger’s lead question in his article on the CSD board of trustees meeting story this week regarding the aftermath of the Nov. 7 vote where voters turned down the two…
’Round Town
I hope my obsession with reflections is not driving people over the edge. It’s just that I am totally captivated by how things are transformed by their appearance in water.
My interest in…
Joe’s Journal
Last weekend, we celebrated Veterans Day, a time set aside to honor those who wore the uniform.
In our little corner of God’s great geography, we saw towns and civic groups host vets while…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Our “leaders” are destroying our future. The "American Dream" has been replaced with a dystopian reality. Trust in our government is at a new low and most believe our country…
Social media has become a dangerous marketplace. Scammers are great at creating slick ads and professional looking websites and for minimal cost they can force them into your feed. According to…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Dec. 6. Menu will include white bean and sausage soup, garlic bread, Salad, baked ziti, pumpkin bread pudding. Cost $10 members, $12 non-members.…
Mainers are waking up this morning to news of a massive data breach that, according to the Nov. 9 notice filed with the Maine Attorney General’s office, has affected 1.3 million people. The breach…
From the editor
I caught a rare cold this week – not surprising since it has hit a few of my office mates – but hopefully our readers haven’t gotten a cold, the flu, the dreaded COVID-19 virus, or any other fall/…
’Round Town
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and pets of all makes and models, allow me to introduce “Leica,” our almost 3-year-old Labradoodle. She is full of beans, lots of energy, chases anything that…
Joe’s Journal
For the last week, Maine has been in the national news, and it was not because of our beautiful fall colors, our rugged coastline, or our delicious lobster.
We all know it had to do with…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
As a neighbor and friend of Gina Stevens, the current principal of the Wiscasset Middle High School, I was dismayed last week to learn of her being put on paid…
Salt ’n Spar
Let’s take a few moments and revisit “A Royal Tragedy – When Kings and Savages Ruled,” the melodramatic novel set in Wiscasset during the Victorian era as told by Nat Wilder Jr. and issued by…
Scammers are like viruses: they continually evolve in response to the latest news and trends. Here are two scam variations that experts have seen trending so far in 2023.
“Wrong number”…
The next Public Supper will be Wednesday, Nov. 15. Menu will include pumpkin soup, cornbread, salad, baked beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, and gingerbread with whipped cream. Cost is…
Imagine the ultimate Halloween costume. A disguise so incredibly integrated with you that it transforms your appearance completely and wears as easy as your most comfortable clothes. Now imagine…
From the assistant editor
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D – Maine, has, thankfully, changed his stance on assault rifles.
Hours after last week’s mass shootings in Lewiston, Golden told a news conference: “Out of fear…
Joe’s Journal
Late Friday night, Gov. Janet Mills stood before a gaggle of news cameras and told us the threat was over. She said it was time to heal.
The governor was right, but healing is tough for…
letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
Two of Alna’s three selectboard members made a disturbingly mistaken and damaging decision at the Oct. 19 “public hearing,” to settle a shoreland zoning violation (“Alna…
