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• From the editor

  Keep staying healthy, folks

  

  Did you read the Washington Post article about Maine's aging population which started with the headline, "'This will be catastrophic'?" It is pretty scary. The numbers don't lie and let's hope the...
• ’Round Town

  Nikki

  

  Last week we wished bon voyage to our family friends Kate, Sage, Jim and Jenifer Elderkin-Wickline as they prepared for their return to New Zealand. This week we continue our worldly adventures with...
• From the assistant editor

  Welcome sign, welcome sight

  

  The other day, three people were taking their pictures at the “Welcome to Wiscasset: The Prettiest Village in Maine” sign. Always great to see people just happy to be here, whether here is the...
• Joe’s Journal

  Lea Wait

  

  This is a column I wish I didn’t have to write. Lea Wait, one of my favorite people, finally lost her battle with cancer and passed on on Aug. 10. Just like the characters in her novels, she never...
• A Bird’s Tale

  A Gift from Lutsel K’e

  

  Some readers may remember a column we wrote last year about an Indigenous leader named Florence Catholique from the Northwest Territories in Canada who had spent two days traveling to reach the...
• letter to the editor

  Abolish the Historic Preservation Commission

  Dear Editor: To all taxpayers in Wiscasset: We would encourage everyone to support Judy Flanagan’s common sense idea in suggesting we abolish the Historic Preservation Commission. We should no...
• letter to the editor

  Block the regulation change

  Dear Editor: Being a recreational lobsterman with five traps hauled by hand from my late father-in-law’s handmade, 50-year-old, 15-foot flat bottom skiff, I am very concerned about the proposed new...

• Distinguished guest installs two new members for Pemaquid Chapter, NSDAR

  

  The August meeting of the Pemaquid Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution took place Aug. 13 at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle. There were nine members, three guests and four associate members...
• Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones

  Stand By You

  

  Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, I love to listen to Rachel Platten’s song, “Stand By You.” The lyrics are so supportive for whatever I am going through in that moment, I feel like somewhere,...
• ’Round Town

  Kate and Sage

  

  When Googled, Maungatapere is described as a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 14 runs through it. Whangarei is 11 km to the east, and Tangiteroria is 18 km to the southwest. A...
• From the assistant editor

  Good news about bad news

  

  Last week’s editorial touched on how the people of our region have responded to mass killings in our nation, and this week I’ll explain the choice to put a medical column on page 1. The LincolnHealth...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Turkey Vulture Surprise

  

  While at a recent event, we met a wonderful family who, when they discovered our interest in all things avian, shared with us some of their bird stories. One of these was about finding, here in Maine...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Mama D’s omelet

  

  I’m so excited to be on my new adventure … breakfast. Yes, I’m traveling around to some of my favorite places. I’m on vacation this week and so is my very dear friend Kris Hepburn. Now there is no...
• From the editor

  What is causing the madness?

  

  Is life not worth living anymore? Why are people killing people and what good does it do if you kill someone, or many innocent people? You either get killed shortly afterwards, you chicken out and...
• letter to the editor

  Fine article and ceremony

  Dear Editor: This is to thank you for the excellent coverage of the Purple Heart ceremony (“Almost 101 years later, Justin P. Wiley receives Purple Heart,” Aug. 8 issue) held at the Boothbay Harbor...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Halibut with capers

  

  Wow, I can’t help but love this beautiful weather we’ve been having. Get out in it, LOL. I told you all I was going to find more tuna but it didn’t happen. I was going to Pinkham’s to get a fresh...
• Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones

  Advocate Don't Aggravate

  What an odd title for a column about ticks and tick-borne disease. Or is it? It’s a part of my daily existence. As an advocate, I am always supporting people who have been affected by a tick bite or...
• From the editor

  A sigh, and then I fix it

  

  It was suggested that I continue my Cheers and Jeers column, which I resurrected last week, each week. It is a good suggestion, but I think it may get a bit stale after a while. I will bring it to...
• ’Round Town

  Amy

  

  I don't claim to be a writer. I have known quite a few writers and they are well educated, smart and disciplined. I have been disciplined, but it’s usually for being a bad boy! I prefer to think of...
• From the assistant editor

  Our caring Midcoast, nation

  

  I was going to do my usual cheerleading. After all, it’s a beautiful time of year on our beautiful Midcoast. It still will be next week. Let’s take a moment to talk about our nation’s latest...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Maine has Nesting Cranes?

  

  Sandhill cranes are imposing birds, one of Maine’s largest, as we wrote about here a few years back. We remember the first ones we ever saw in the state back in the 1980s. One was a bird that stalked...
• Joe’s Journal

  Set for Success

  

  On Sunday, Aug. 18, my all-time favorite Boothbay event will take place for the eighth time. It is “Set for Success.” It is an opportunity for more than 300 schoolkids to pick up school supplies for...
• letter to the editor

  Thank you, PUC

  Dear Editor: The Public Utilities Commission of Maine is to be applauded for holding three public hearings so citizens could voice their concerns and complaints regarding the running of Central...

• Wiscasset Parks and Rec offers food program

  Wiscasset Parks and Recreation Department announces its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no separate charge to children ages birth through 18 years...
• Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones

  Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged

  I read online recently that our culture often times uses Matthew 7:1 “Judge not lest ye be judged” to promote a tolerance that often encourages acceptance of behaviors otherwise forbidden. We have an...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Hummingbird Stories

  

  Just this past week, Jeff’s mom and younger brother asked us questions about ruby-throated hummingbirds. The brother (let’s call him YB, for “younger brother”) recounted the odd and sad story of...
• Live, laugh and love!

  Stuffed bread Lisa style

  

  Summer is really flying by … I can’t believe it’s August, wow. I’m hoping it cools down; I’m a dry and 70 degrees kinda gal. OK, I love when people come up to me and tell me they read my column and...
• ’Round Town

  Picnic

  

  “Where's the beef?” Silly bird! I know I have mentioned many times the wonderful photographic coincidences encountered while doing non-photographic things. Carrying a camera with me when out and...
• From the assistant editor

  Rotations, revolutions and a surprise in time

  

  About a week ago, a century-old dam, a decades-old diner and a meetinghouse still standing after nearly a quarter of a millennium, all kept hanging onto the Earth as always, through our planet’s...
• Joe’s Journal

  We lose a good friend

  

  When you drive past Ms. Pigette on Route 27 this week, you will notice she is no longer wearing her cute summer tennis outfit. Despite the heat and humidity, she is dressed in black from head to toe...
• From the editor

  Cheers & Jeers

  

  Fourteen months ago, I had a column entitled Cheers & Jeers. I explained that Cheers & Jeers was a feature I remembered from the days of reading TV Guide. The magazine picked out the good and...

• Pemaquid Chapter, DAR holds July meeting

  

  “Rise and Shine for America” is the new theme of the incoming President General, Denise VanBuren’s national Administration in Washington, D.C. The July meeting took place at the Lincoln Home library...
• From the assistant editor

  A dollar a year

  

  A dollar a day doesn’t go far, much less one a year. On a sale or lease, it’s a token to help document a deal.  I like the fine arts, all of them, some more than others. My associate’s degree was in...
• Lyme Time with Paula Jackson Jones

  Knowing what I have been exposed to

  

  Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia Miyamotoi), Anaplasmosis, Babesia, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, Relapsing Fever, Alpha Gal, Erlichiosis, Powassan, Tularemia...
• A Bird’s Tale

  Transported By Puffins

  

  It’s amazing how a vastly different world can be so close to us but, for the most part, largely invisible. Invisible, that is, until you hop on a boat. We joined more than a hundred other people on...

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