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• Lyme Time

  What is this tick?

  

  Ticks have a potential life cycle of three years. I say “potential” because if the they do not have a host to feed on, if they do not get the blood supply they need to grow and thrive, they will die...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Three Possible Futures for Maine’s Birds

  

  The desire to look into the future seems to have obsessed humans for millennia. Stories of people with mystical powers to foretell events are found throughout ancient texts and oral traditions....
• Live, laugh and love!

  Delicata squash

  

  I want to thank everyone who came out and supported our first fundraiser for our Alumni Association. It was a fabulous turnout and raised over $1,800. Not only did I see lots of old friends, I was...
• ’Round Town

  John

  

  Back in my earlier years of photography I got to be a guest at many wedding events. The Lawnmeer Inn was a very popular setting and it was, for me, at that time, a regular and enjoyable venue. The...
• Joe’s Journal

  Rule One

  My smartphone came to life at the end of last week. I was taking a well-deserved nap after driving to Indiana to visit our kids, grandkids, and, gulp, great-grandkids. “Did you see it,” asked Ms....
• From the editor

  Domestic violence and some good advice for a healthy relationship

  

  October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to a definition on the Psychology Today website, "domestic violence can be physical or psychological ... It may include behaviors meant to...
• From the assistant editor

  The museum that could

  

  Kudos to the volunteers of Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum for their work in recent years to rebuild locomotive No. 9, replace the bridge at Trout Brook and build more track....

• Where it’s at ... Seasonal thrills and chills

  

  Earthy scents fill the crisp cool air sending chills up your spine ... but don’t kid yourself. It’s not just the weather. It’s October ... a magical month for spirits and humans alike! If you’re up...
• letter to the editor

  Labeling perpetuates stigmatization

  Dear Editor:Joe Gelarden, in his article "Good Cops Meet a Bad Dude,” labels John Kaula, a 44-year-old man arrested in Brunswick for methamphetamine possession, as a "bad dude."In the article, we...
• letter to the editor

  Misdirected good will?

  Dear Editor: I have just finished listening (Thursday, Oct. 10) to Maine Public Radio’s program, Maine Calling, whose topic was the new March on Poverty. The program made no mention whatever about...
• letter to the editor

  What if?

  Dear Editor: I have a “what if.” I loved it when our town started to do recycling and it worked well for quite awhile and I got used to separating my trash: cleaning it, putting it in separate...
• letter to the editor

  Equality

  Dear Editor: We talk a lot about achieving equality. And yet laws are applied differently for different individuals. Some individuals are held to different standards. What does it take to be treated...
• letter to the editor

  Gratitude from the Fresh Air Fund

  Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Fresh Air host families and volunteer leaders the Midcoast region of Maine. Because of their dedication and commitment, thousands of...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Last Shorebirds, First Waterfowl: Our Mindfulness Big Year Update

  

  There are only a few months left now in our Mindfulness Big Year. If you’re reading about it for the first time or it sounds vaguely familiar to you, a Big Year is a birding challenge to find as many...

• Where It’s At ... the Halloween Story Trail!

  

  If you’re looking for something to do between now and Oct. 31 with the kids that doesn’t involve candy or costumes, you should check out the Halloween Story Trail! This is the fourth year the...
• Live, laugh and love!

  One-pan haddock chowder

  

  I can’t believe it’s been one year already that I’ve been writing for the Boothbay Register; this is week 52. I can’t thank Sarah Morley and Kevin Burnham enough for giving me this wonderful...
• Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones

  Vectorborne Workgroup Surveillance report update

  

  Once a year, I like to share a Maine CDC Vector-borne Workgroup Surveillance report update. This information can be found year-round on their website, but I prefer to compile it into a manner that...
• From the editor

  Whither the squirrels?

  

  With our dog having her pick of fallen acorns to wallow around in her mouth since early September, I began thinking that I had not seen a gray squirrel around our house in quite a while. I think...
• From the assistant editor

  Hello, Tom, it’s me

  

  Hello, Tom, Candy corn aside, Halloween is still three weeks off. So please, don’t be scaring us, like in Sunday’s game. I know it wasn’t all you. Someone has to catch the ball. But much of every...
• ’Round Town

  Jean and Evelyn

  

  It is always a better day when crossing paths with this pair of lovely young ladies. And there are many paths that cross. These are the Southport goodwill twins. When you see Evelyn you seldom don’t...
• Joe’s Journal

  Good cops meet a bad dude

  

  Kudos to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency for their quick and professional takedown of a “bad dude” last week. I know it was a pro operation because it happened in front of my eyes. Here is the...

• Our old friends, the Crawleys

  

  Like a lot of other folks, I went to see the “Downton Abbey” movie recently. The lights dimmed, the familiar music started and I smiled as soon as I caught my first glimpse of the Abbey. After it...
• letter to the editor

  Take our guns?

  Dear Editor: I remember a saying that “If they take our guns only criminals will have guns.” I think these days it should be “If they take our guns only the government will have guns.” I'm not sure...

• Clamshell Quilters

  Clamshell Quilters will be meeting on Monday, Oct. 14, at Faith Baptist Church, Mills Road, Newcastle, at 2 p.m. Member Judy Sala will show how to make appliquéd fabric leaves. The workshop will...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Watching Bird Migration and Urging Protection

  

  We had a sprightly little northern parula warbler hopping around in our crabapple tree a few days ago, it’s sky-blue head and wings creating a subtle contrast among the red-brown leaves. Several days...
• From the editor

  In the vernacular

  

  You are right (again), Susan Quinby. Sometimes (most of the time!) I struggle when writing this column (please don’t consider it as an editorial). I usually end up writing it a few hours before the...
• From the assistant editor

  To the last

  

  To some of the last of the regular traffic backups Wiscasset may see until next year, we can say we’ve seen years with more extreme backups, and years that ran lighter. We’ll be interested to report...
• Joe’s Journal

  Two aspirin, please

  

  I drove past Ms. Pigette the other day on my way off the peninsula. I was going to stop and chat, but she just waved at me. I think she was waving with her whole hand, but I can’t be sure of that....
• ’Round Town

  Weather

  

  Let me say right up front that the acorn image is enlarged for illustration purposes. Imagine how big the squirrels would be to harvest these bad boys! They would need to be French bulldog size. My...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Autumn cake made by Evelyn

  

  This week is all about one of my twinners, Evie Greenleaf. She has come up with an awesome use of fresh apples that she’s named autumn cake. It is a wonderful recipe. Thank you my dear daughter for...
• Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones

  National Lyme Disease Association Conference Recap

  

  It was a great honor for me to have worked at the 20th annual Scientific Conference on Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases on Sept. 21 and 22 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Hilton Penn’s...
• letter to the editor

  Grateful for Skipdompha staff

  Dear Editor: The Board of Directors of the Parent Program of Mid-Coast Maine, Inc. would like to extend their gratitude to Kelsey Gibbs, Matthew Graff and all of their co-workers at the Skidompha...
• letter to the editor

  Where is the truth?

  Dear Editor: It seems that almost everything I hear or read leaves me doubting its veracity. There is spin on nearly every subject. It becomes impossible to detect truth from opinion or even fiction...
• Joe’s Journal

  Volunteer firefighters

  

  The other day, there was an auto accident down the way from our home. It is an unusual intersection, with blind spots for drivers turning up the hill. For some reason, a red Prius and a black Volvo...
• From the editor

  1969

  

  It was a year that has forever stuck in my mind. It was the year I became a teenager. Was I supposed to become a young man or was I supposed to still be able to "goof off?" Was I supposed to be the...
• ’Round Town

  Jim

  

  Jim Fossett is a person I have admired for a long time and hoped to visit upon these pages eventually. This summer I got a quick chance to say hi during one of his visits home to Boothbay Harbor with...
• From the assistant editor

  Fool time and the car that one

  

  We have to type pretty fast to tell you all we want to about everyone’s towns every week in print and every day online. That means typos and, through re-reads and some reading aloud, I try to catch...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Loss of Three Billion Birds is a Signal We Must Heed

  

  There are some of you out there who have been saying for many years that the numbers of birds you see now have seemed only a shadow of what you remembered decades ago. Sadly, that sense of reduced...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Easy apple crisp

  

  September … feels more like July! I took my cousins Linda, Kelly, Paula and Dave for a beautiful boat ride on Sunday. Fun day, actually, my wonderful husband took us for a boat ride. It’s been so...

• Where It’s At ... Cinematic departures from reality

  

  I can still remember the first movie I ever saw at our local theater, a Hayley Mills classic – “That Darn Cat.” It came to our town in early 1966. I was 10 and tickets were just 50 cents! My 7-year-...

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