“It just takes an idea to build something upon,” says Marcia Hayward, town clerk for the Machiasport. Her sentiment is the foundation of a plan to convert 27 acres of land, located behind the town office and fire department, into a recreational space affording activities for young and… Read More
If you are interested in genealogy and the Civil War, join the Penobscot County Genealogical Society and Maine at War at 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 20 at the Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow Street, Bangor. Read More
The Patriots haven’t played a football game since November 3rd, (even worse, they haven’t won a football game since October 27th vs Cleveland. Gulp.) The bye week couldn’t have come at a better or worse time. I say better because a week 10 bye is a prime time… Read More
There’s more at stake in the Trump impeachment process than the fate of the president. For the Republicans, saving Trump, like him or not, is a matter of saving today’s Republican Party, the party that Trump has made. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
The Sanford Board of Appeals convened Wednesday night, November 13, for a hearing regarding a Violation Notice issued by Sanford Fire Marshal Patrick Cotter that would have required me, as the owner of a 10-bed men’s recovery residence on Boyd Street, to either make roughly… Read More
I continued exploring recent releases from Caroline Polachek, Angel Olsen, DIIV and Foals on this week's show, while the retro alternative set focused on some semi-forgotten radio rock hits from 1997. Read More
The intimidator-in-Chief. Read More
When Bob got scammed, he felt terrible. Instead of keeping it to himself, he decided to warn other people by sharing his experience. Read More
LEWISTON, Me – “Celebrate Maine 2020”, bicentennial will include an exhibit about Franco-Americans who participated in building the state’s economy. In fact, the Board of Directors, with the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston Auburn College (USM LAC FAC), are preparing to participate in the… Read More
I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. — J. Wellington Wimpy. If you’re of a certain age, that quote probably seems familiar. You might even be part of the generation at the heart of one of the world’s newest memes. OK, boomers? googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Sterling and I have a mutual friend. We’ll call him “Rob.”Because that is his real name. He asked the following question last week on Facebook: “Patriots Fans: Would you be willing to swap Edelman’s miraculous catch and the 28-3 comeback Super Bowl win over the Falcons for Tyree… Read More
I’ve posted deer hunting stories for the last five Fridays, and I thought that was it, but this past week I thought of a bunch of other stories you might enjoy. So here they are. I deer hunted one November with my friend Ed Pineau up… Read More
“Boring hearings.”… Read More
I delved deeper into recent releases from Chromatics, Angel Olsen, Caroline Polachek and Kim Gordon on the show this week, while the retro alternative set gathered up some classic goth-rock tracks to celebrate Halloween. Read More
2020 recalculations. Read More
There are currently 17 candidates running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, and there seems to be a little something for everyone? Do you want to vote for a socialist? Well, I’ve got great news for you, because socialism is the… Read More
Eight members of Daniel Chaplin Camp No. 3, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, conduct a Last Soldier Ceremony at the Clifton grave (foreground) of Melvin S. Jellison on November 11, 2019. Jellison was one of Maine’s two surviving Civil War veterans… Read More
Members of the Maine Legislature, judges and the governor deserve a raise – not because they’re all great at their job, though many are, but because they are woefully underpaid for the difficult work that they do. A recent story in the… Read More
We don’t have an equivalent to Don Cherry in America. Howard Cosell comes to mind, but certainly in today’s media nobody comes close to Cherry in stature as a legendary broadcaster. Cherry is, or was, an iconic Canadian hockey commentator. But last weekend he was fired for his… Read More
I was fortunate to enjoy three adventures of two weeks each in Alaska, focused on fishing. Two were with my friend Les Priest and one was with my wife Linda. On all three adventures, we encountered lots of bears. Today… Read More
